'From Children's Services to Children's Spaces'

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Location:
Jeffrey Hall, Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London
CA
Contact name: 
Annabelle Stapleton
Contact phone: 
020 7882 6962
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The Thomas Coram Research Unit at the The Institute of Education for the University of London, England presents a conference on a new book publication by Peter Moss and Pat Petrie. They will be joined by practitioners and researchers from a variety of fields to discuss new approaches to working with children and young people.

PROGRAMME

10:00 - Registration and coffee/tea

10.30 - Welcome and introduction by the chair, Wendy Rose
(Open University)

10:40 - From Children's Services to Children's Spaces:
concepts, practices and examples.

Peter Moss provides an overview of a new approach
to working with children and young people.

Pat Petrie considers a new way of working and a new
occupation - pedagogy and the pedagogue

11.35 - Panel: Haki Kapasi (play); Linda Kinney (early years);
John McKendrick (childhood research); Marilyn
Mitchell (school) and a panel member from social
work (to be announced).

12.15 - Open discussion: questions and comments

12.45 - Lunch

14.00 - Workshops on new approaches to working with
children and young people. Each workshop will be
introduced by a panel member

15.20 - Concluding session: discussion and final thoughts of
speakers and panel members

16:00 - Close

The cost of this one day conference is £80.

PETER MOSS is a Professor of Early Childhood Provision at Thomas Coram Research Unit.

PAT PETRIE is a Reader in Children's Services at the Thomas Coram Research Unit.