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  1. The use of English and Welsh language versions of curriculum reflect different orientations to Welshness. For a useful explanation of the term ‘cymreig’, see https://initialteachereducation.co.uk/2016/10/04/curriculum-cymreig-or-curriculum-cymraeg/

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Morgan, J. The cultural economies of national curriculum-making: the cases of England and Wales. Curric Perspect 39, 181–185 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41297-019-00076-2

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