Social Pedagogy and Working with Children and Young People: Where Care and Education Meet

About

Pat Petrie is Professor of Education at the Thomas Coram Research Unit Institute of Education UK where she leads the Centre for Understanding Social Pedagogy (CUSP). Her interests lie in social and educational policy and practice towards children in the UK and elsewhere with a strong focus on social pedagogy. Her work has included research into play and childcare services for disabled children and their families the place of creativity and the arts in social pedagogy and children in residential and foster care. She is part of the team at the Thomas Coram Research Unit carrying out the Department of Education-funded pilot project investigating the impact of a social pedagogic approach in residential child care. Her publications attract national and international attention. Claire Cameron PhD is Professor of Social Pedagogy and Deputy Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education University College London. Previously a social worker her research contributes to the development of the children's workforce and the quality of life of children and young people attending care and education services particularly looked after children. Peter Moss is a Professor at the Faculty of Children and Learning Thomas Coram Research Unit. He has wide-ranging research interests including services for children the childrens workforce democratic practice in childrens services gender issues in work with children social pedagogy and radical education. Peter is widely published.