Dr Dylan Adams
Senior Lecturer in Literacy Teaching and Scholarship
Cardiff School of Education & Social Policy
Overview
Dr Dylan Adams' teaching career has spanned the last twenty-five years. Previously, he worked as a primary school teacher and as an educational consultant before moving into higher education. His research interests include: outdoor education; holistic education; contemplative pedagogies; and the expressive arts. He is an Executive Committee Member of The British Education Studies Association (BESA) a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Research Publications
New Place-Based Educational Initiatives in the Welsh Curriculum and Some Considerations of Legacies of the Canadian Experience: A Conversation.
Adams, D. & Jardine, D., 30 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Philosophy of Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exploring the curriculum potential of the Welsh word cynefin by examining its new materialist and contemplative pedagogical resonances
Adams, D., 25 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education.. 2, 2, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research in schools and the lure of the transcendent
Adams, D. & John, V., 24 Sept 2024, Working with Uncertainty for Educational Change: Orientations for Professional Practice. Conn, C., Mitchell, B. & Hutt, M. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 15-36 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Doing Cynefin – An examination of how the concept of ‘cynefin’ has ‘potentia’ as a new materialist pedagogical imperative
Adams, D., 25 Jun 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Immersion and transcendence through music making in the more-than-human world'
Adams, D. & Beauchamp, G., 2024, Arts in Nature with Children and Young People: A Guide Towards Health Equality, Wellbeing, and Sustainability. Moula, Z. & Walshe, N. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 12-23 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Bee-ing and Feeling of Place
Adams, D., Lewis, R. & Haughton, C., 1 Dec 2023, Encountering Ideas of Place in Education: Scholarship and Practice in Place-based Learning. Taylor and Francis, p. 13-25 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Cynefin – Being of place. An investigation into the perspectives of first-language Welsh speaking hill farmers into the meaning of the word cynefin and the significance for education in Wales and beyond.
Adams, D., 17 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education. 27, 3, p. 469-488 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cynefin – an ontological opportunity for enhanced existential understandings
Adams, D., 13 Sept 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
'Dod yn ôl at fy nghoed'. Trees, woods and a balanced state of mind. Reflections on a new Curriculum for Wales
Adams, D. & Jardine, D., Jul 2023, In: FORUM for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education. 65, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The curlew’s call to Kairos – Exploring the pedagogical, ontological, and ecological implications of escaping the clutches of Chronos.
Adams, D., 30 Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review