The inaugural event of the Critical Childhood Studies Centre where we will be in conversation with Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, Dr Zaza Johnson Elsheikh and Sly Blood-Coltan, to explore how colonial legacies and global resource demands—particularly for minerals and land—continue to shape childhoods across the Global South.
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11/12/2024
In this video, Chinese young children (aged 3-6 years old) expressed their own understandings and interpretations of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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5/23/2024
Young people’s poor well-being has hit headlines this year, with talk of crisis and a lot of soul-searching about why many children seem to be unhappy. We've brought together a panel of experts to share their views.
Thankfully, serious mental health problems remain comparatively rare and it’s important to remember that childhood and the teenage years, in particular, have always been a difficult time of transition. But something else seems to be going on today, from an earlier age.
Blame has been laid at the door of many things – from neoliberalism, to social media, to excessive testing in schools. What's changed to impact on young people’s well-being to such an extent, and what can schools, parents and carers, and policy makers – do about it? Are we doing enough, early on enough, to respond to modern-day pressures – whether through mental health training for pupils or mental health first aid training for teachers?
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12/11/2019
There's been a big push to get classroom practice shaped by evidence of 'what works'. This has been largely inspired by advances in healthcare, where the use of research trials and national guidelines to improve patient care and outcomes is more established.
This approach has not gone uncontested in education (or health) and 'evidence-informed practice' is still to be firmly embedded across all schools. Why is this, and do we even have a shared understanding of what we're aiming for when it comes to teachers' engagement with and use of research?
In this debate we heard from leading commentators about whether, in their view, this is the correct agenda for education and, if so, what evidence-informed practice should look like and the steps needed to realise that vision across all schools.
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12/5/2019
Feminism and the Politics of Childhood: Friends or Foes? offers an innovative and critical exploration of perceived commonalities and conflicts between women and children and, more broadly, between various forms of feminism and the politics of childhood. This unique collection of 18 chapters brings into dialogue authors from a range of geographical contexts, social science disciplines, activist organisations, and theoretical perspectives. The wide variety of subjects include refugee camps, care labour, domestic violence, childcare and education. Together the contributions offer new ways to conceptualise relations between women and children, and to address injustices faced by both groups.
Rachel Rosen is Senior Lecturer in Childhood in the Department of Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education. Katherine Twamley is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in the
Department of Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education.
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1/17/2018
Feminism and the Politics of Childhood: Friends or Foes? offers an innovative and critical exploration of perceived commonalities and conflicts between women and children and, more broadly, between various forms of feminism and the politics of childhood. This unique collection of 18 chapters brings into dialogue authors from a range of geographical contexts, social science disciplines, activist organisations, and theoretical perspectives. The wide variety of subjects include refugee camps, care labour, domestic violence, childcare and education. Together the contributions offer new ways to conceptualise relations between women and children, and to address injustices faced by both groups.
Rachel Rosen is Senior Lecturer in Childhood in the Department of Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education. Katherine Twamley is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in the
Department of Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education.
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1/16/2018
Feminism and the Politics of Childhood: Friends or Foes? offers an innovative and critical exploration of perceived commonalities and conflicts between women and children and, more broadly, between various forms of feminism and the politics of childhood. This unique collection of 18 chapters brings into dialogue authors from a range of geographical contexts, social science disciplines, activist organisations, and theoretical perspectives. The wide variety of subjects include refugee camps, care labour, domestic violence, childcare and education. Together the contributions offer new ways to conceptualise relations between women and children, and to address injustices faced by both groups.
Rachel Rosen is Senior Lecturer in Childhood in the Department of Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education. Katherine Twamley is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in the
Department of Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education.
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1/15/2018
Feminism and the Politics of Childhood: Friends or Foes? offers an innovative and critical exploration of perceived commonalities and conflicts between women and children and, more broadly, between various forms of feminism and the politics of childhood. This unique collection of 18 chapters brings into dialogue authors from a range of geographical contexts, social science disciplines, activist organisations, and theoretical perspectives. The wide variety of subjects include refugee camps, care labour, domestic violence, childcare and education. Together the contributions offer new ways to conceptualise relations between women and children, and to address injustices faced by both groups.
Rachel Rosen is Senior Lecturer in Childhood in the Department of Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education. Katherine Twamley is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in the
Department of Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education.
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1/15/2018