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These are unprecedented times. The world is grappling with a pandemic, huge environmental challenges, racial, social and economic inequalities, democratic deficit and a profound transformation of the way we live and interact with each other. As educators our two main points of foci are children and childhood; and education or learning – both of which have been undergoing fundamental changes, exacerbated by the effects of Covid-19.
Accordingly, this webinar explores the relationship between:
The relational aspects of childhood have been influenced by issues of mental and physical well-being, parental engagement in the home learning environment, increasing use of technology, and changing pedagogic practices in the various spheres of a child’s life.
So, can the experiences that we share today as researchers, practitioners and students help us to interrogate changes and continuities in understandings of childhood?
How do they impact upon the spaces, places, relations and practices of education?
How can shared understandings of these transformations contribute to a more socially just future for all?
The Children and Childhoods SIG presents an interactive virtual conference where participants who have a passion for exploring the changing ‘relational child’ will present image-based snapshots of their research. This conceptual collage of research on the theme of relational children and childhoods will encourage an exploration of connections across a broad spectrum. Through these connections, we hope to develop understandings about the complexity and diversity of children’s relationships at present.
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University lecturer at University of Bath
I am a member of the Learning, Pedagogy and Diversity Research Cluster. Originally trained as a teacher, I taught in pre-prep, primary and middle schools. After studying ‘The Ethnography of Educational Settings’ as part of my Masters degree,...
Deputy Director of Academic Affairs at Metropolitan College, Greece
Following a teaching career in mainstream and special schools in the UK and Greece, Chrysoula started her academic career in Higher Education in 2017 teaching across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, with a focus on Primary...
Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University
Mallika has got experience in teaching and research. She works as a senior lecturer and teaches on different Early Childhood undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Mallika has been in the field of Higher Education since 2000 and has teaching...
Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University
Paulette has worked in the field of early childhood throughout her career as a teacher, foster carer, school-home liaison worker, nursery practitioner and advisor, and as a childcare and education lecturer in further education. These different...
Doctoral Candidate at University of Bath
Joy Cranham is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Bath. Her research interest lies in identifying effective approaches to educate families and children about healthy relationships. Her work focuses on...
Doctoral Student at University of Bath
Mitali C Dutta is a doctoral student in the Department of Education at the University of Bath. Her research interest is in the area of parental engagement and use of digital technology in education among the ethnic minority communities in England.
Doctoral researcher at University of Bath
Hannah is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Education, University of Bath. Her research focuses on ‘childhood nature’ relations during outdoor play in early childhood education settings. Using post qualitative, playful methodologies,...
Researcher at University of Bath
Fadoua Govaerts is a PhD researcher at the University of Bath, in the Department of Education. Her doctoral research project explores the experience of home-educated adolescents, with a special focus on their educational outcomes and social...
PhD candidate at University of Bath
Elisabeth is a second year PhD candidate in Education at the University of Bath. Her research addresses parental engagement and family-school partnerships in IB schools in Athens, Greece. It is a qualitative, interpretative study that will use...
Early career researcher at N/A
Sarra has a Ph.D. from the University of Bath. Her research in Education focuses on the integration of refugee children in national schools. As Sarra comes originally from Algeria, she was interested in exploring possible challenges and issues...
PhD Researcher at Anglia Ruskin University
Mariam Krayem is a PhD researcher with emphasis on Early Childhood Education at ARU. She completed her Early Childhood Education degree back in Lebanon and worked in various schools/nurseries. Her research is looking at teachers’ pedagogies in...
The aim of Children and Childhoods SIG is to explicate, develop, and enhance understandings of children and young people and their childhoods. This includes: how childhoods are shaped socially,...
Lessons for policy, practice & promoting life chances in the early years
For decades now, there has been a looming child and youth mental health crisis in many developed nations globally (WHO, 2020). Nations have varied in policy responses to the issue, but what many...
Every year BERA hosts seminars, symposia and workshops at colleges, universities and schools across the UK. Find out about our upcoming events below.
In October 2021, the BERA Children and Childhoods special interest group (SIG) organised the webinar Transforming Childhoods’ Relationships, sharing seven doctoral research studies to explore...
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