CSPACE Blog
The Centre for the Study of Practice and Culture in Education (CSPACE) is a community of researchers, lecturers, practitioners and students committed to exploring culture and practice across a wide spectrum of educational settings. This blog will offer insight into our inventive and creative approaches to research, as well as promoting our work on inclusion and social justice across a range of educational fields.
Education, Social Justice and Survival in a Time of Crisis
This blog (written in a personal capacity) advocates an educational response to the crisis we face based on s...
Queer Pedagogy
A discussion on anti-oppressive and LGBTQ+ pedagogies and how it can be utilised to create a more inclusive and excit...
Reflection and dialogue in embracing change: from primary teacher to academic researcher
Having been asked to help organise the Centre for the Study and Practice of Culture in Education鈥檚 ( CSpace ) summer...
Why We Need Media Education in the Early Years
This blog reflects on the radical idea that we need to introduce media education for pre-school age children in Early ...
How a 鈥榦ne size fits all鈥� approach in secondary English does not work!
A critical analysis on the English curriculum at secondary level and how it is both constructed and produced leadin...
Empowering community governor decision-making in school improvement
In collaborating with community governors who have experienced failed governance in an environment of special measur...
Character Education and Its Place in 21st Century Society?
This article explores the role character education plays within education policy and its implementati...
'Becoming Hybrid': Reflections on Teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This blog centres on my reflections on the concept of hybridity in relation to experiences of primary school teaching ...
鈥榊ou鈥檙e sitting the smartest, well done鈥�: Young children鈥檚 embodied experiences of starting school in England.
This blog gives an overview of my EdD thesis 鈥榊oung children鈥檚 bodies: multiple perspectives on the embodied experienc...
Reconceptualising professional learning and development through a Froebelian lens
This blog reports on the findings from my PhD thesis 鈥楻econceptualising professional learning and development through ...
鈥淲e became an emergency service鈥�: school leaders reflecting on their experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic
This blog gives a summary of the research process and some of the key findings of the first phase of the Co-MAP project...
Reporting the reporters
This blog offers a critique of the long-awaited media report recently published by The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)....
A match made in the Academy 鈥� When Conductive Education met the 鈥楶osts鈥�
This blog gives a brief conceptualisation of contemporary conductive education with the aid of a 鈥榩osts鈥� conversation,...
Open School Doors transitions to Co-MAP
This blog gives an overview of the transition of the Open School Doors Erasmus+ funded project into the recently launch...
International Co-MAP project launches with 探花直播 Schools of Sanctuary
This blog gives an overview of a new international creative research project led by 探花直播 that ex...