Introducing Social Pedagogy into Residential Child Care in England
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008The attached report is significant in a number of ways. First and foremost, it records the introduction of social pedagogy into practice in England for the first time. The ideas have been bandied around for quite a while, as people have got used to the language of social pedagogy, but to apply the ideas in practice is a big step.Secondly, the report conveys an air of excitement and optimism, reflecting what we have experienced in conferences we have attended where social pedagogy is being considered. It is not that social pedagogy brings a magic wand that suddenly makes everything right through a new spell or new working methods. It is that the thinking underlying social pedagogy makes sense to workers of what they have been doing already, and makes their work more purposeful. This renews motivation. One of the workers quoted in the Executive Summary says the
Tags: NCERCC, Social education, Social Education Trust, Social Pedagogy
