Giving Practitioners a Voice in Child Care and Social Education
by Vic Citarella
The ICSE is open for business.
Training of Child Welfare Workers in Universities of Applied Sciences in Finland
by Mervi Nyman
An explanation of the systems, the training, the competencies - and some of the problems
News Views
Including Haiti, professionalism, social pedagogy, well-being, Siblings Together and the Old Vic, grandparents’ rights, misbehaviour and classical music, reading, smacking …
The Implementation of Social Pedagogy from the Perspectives of Practitioners
by Sylvia Holthoff and Gabriel Eichsteller
A collection of reflections
Social Pedagogy Development Network - Impressions of Launch Day
by Gabriel Eichsteller & Sylvia Holthoff
News Views
Including the Webmag’s tenth anniversary, institutional abuse of children in Ireland, Ofsted, child care ethics, the recession, social pedagogy, childminder …
Telling the World about Social Pedagogy
by Benny Andersen, President of AIEJI
Pass on the Copenhagen Declaration on Worldwide Social Pedagogy Day.
News Views
Including ASPECT and social pedagogy, NCMA, nursery provision in Scotland, Voice and mobile phones, and running away.
Social Pedagogy and Government Policy in England
by John Chowcat
How policy and pilots are proceeding
Some Basic Concepts 1: The 3 Ps
by Gabriel Eichsteller
The professional, personal, and private pedagogue
Some Basic Concepts 2: The Common Third
by Gabriel Eichsteller
How activities establish the right values and offer a means of relating
Some Basic Concepts 3: Zone of Proximal Development
by Gabriel Eichsteller
How children can be helped to learn through social pedagogy
Towards a Pedagogic Conceptualisation of Risk
by Gabriel Eichsteller and Sylvia Holthoff
How children need to take risks to be safe
Out-of-Home Care: Bringing up Children in a Professional Way
by Bettina Terp
Looking on the social pedagogy profession from a Viennese point of view
Social Pedagogy and UK Traditions of Social Work
by Gabriel Eichsteller
Key aspects of social pedagogy practice
Social Pedagogy: the Impact of Rousseau
by Valerie Jackson
How Rousseau, Plowden et al. influenced the teaching milieu and methods
ThemPra
A company set up to develop social pedagogy in the UK
News Views
Including social pedagogy, respite care and work with children – the basic model
‘The Loveliest Girl in the World’ by Miina Savolainen
Book Review by David Lane
How photography can empower children in residential care
Social Pedagogy - in the UK, and in Slovenia
Announcing next month’s theme, and plugging Social Na Pedagogika
The Social Educator in a Globalised World
A major Congress for anyone interested in social pedagogy / social education
The Ideology of Residential Care and Fostering
by Dr Keith J. White
The damage of failing to reframe
News Views
Including games, Moon Sand, play, child poverty, A Levels, YoungMinds, island communities and pedagogy in Slovenia .
New Challenges and Opportunities for Children’s Services Professionals
by John Chowcat, General Secretary, Aspect - Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts
How Aspect is helping to shape the future of the professions which work with children
Reflections of a Has-Been: 2 : A Miscellany of Staffing Matters
by Roy Grimwood
Training, pay, working hours, risk and health and safety all affect good residential care.
The Role of the Social Pedagogue
by Professor Ewan Anderson
The concept of pedagogy has a long history, but it is now finding its time.
The Professional Competences of Social Educators : A Conceptual Framework
by AIEJI
The training needs, competences and ethical guidelines for social educators
Introducing Social Pedagogy into Residential Child Care in England
A description of an important project with pointers for the future
