Educational Visions lecture series
18 December 2009
LJMU's Centre for Educational Research and Evaluation Services (CERES) is hosting a series of lectures beginning in January 2010.
‘Can progressive education make a comeback?’ - the case of Summerhill School in the audit culture
Professor Ian Stronach, Professor of Educational Research
Date: Thursday 28 January, 4.00-6.00pm
Venue: Johnson Foundation Auditorium, LJMU Art and Design Academy
This lecture will look into 10 years research and evaluation work at A.S. Neill’s famous Summerhill School – or perhaps formerly famous – the world’s first ‘child democracy’, as the school has it.
The ‘case’ covers the Tribunal in 2000 when the Secretary of State claimed Ofsted inspection weaknesses called for radical changes to the school. The author was an ‘expert witness’ for the School. The government’s case collapsed. Later, research into the school funded by the ESRC allowed us to offer research evidence on how the
school worked.
Further Ofsted inspection in 2008 found that the school was ‘outstanding’ in some respects, and the long-standing attempts by Inspectorate to close or change the school are in current abeyance. But the next Ofsted inspection is just around the corner…
To book a place, please contact Conference and Event Services - tel: 0151 231 3668, email: professorials@ljmu.ac.uk
For further details download the lecture series leaflet or contact Emma FitzGerald, tel: 0151 231 5334, email: e.fitzgerald@ljmu.ac.uk
Lecture series 2010 Programme
Monday 22nd February
‘Can New Web Technologies Support Radical Pedagogies?'
Professor Patrick Carmichael
Thursday 18th March
‘Including children with special educational needs in physical education – Have we arrived at utopia?'
Professor Philip Vickerman
Thursday 15th April
‘The Cargo Cult of 'Education, Education, Education'
Professor Marion Jones
Wednesday 12th May
‘Teaching and Learning for a Complex World: a ‘wicked’ problem?
Professor Sue Thompson
Thursday 27th May
‘Educational outcomes of fieldwork and expeditions in the UK, Arctic, Alps and Rockies’
Professor Tim Stott
Thursday 24th June
‘Impact of LJMU on the local and national community: an education and training perspective’
Professor Patricia Shenton
Thursday 28th September
‘Wise people learn when they can’: researching leadership in education'
Professor Mark Brundrett
Thursday 28th October
‘Inhabiting different bodies over time: Pedagogical challenges and the narrative turn'
Professor Andrew Sparkes
Thursday 9th December
'Education - subject, process or liberation: a revisionist analysis'
Professor Diana Burton
