Social Pedagogy Professional Association

20/06/2024

Join us tomorrow, 21st June, for our next exciting webinar!!!

Find out details here: https://sppa-uk.org/upcomingevents/?event=126&events=cur

05/06/2024

In the session, participants explore
What is Creative Mentoring and how does it work?
What Social Pedagogical practices sit at the core of Creative Mentoring, and what do they look like in practice?
Why is creativity so important in Social Pedagogy?
How can resources and toolkits enhance creative engagement for children and young people in a person-centred way?
Creative Mentoring is The Mighty Creatives (TMC) award-winning service – a tried and tested model of creative intervention based on social pedagogical ethos and a person-centred approach.
Emily York is The Mighty Creatives" Youth Programme Manager and will lead the session.

01/05/2024

Hello! May! The is here, it was chosen by our beloved Trustee Severn and written by our cherished Patron Cameron, our fabulous Chair of Trustees Kemp and our wonderful friend and member Eichsteller.
Definitely a must-read! And here Hannah tells us why:

“I decided to choose this article celebrating 20 years of IJSP as it highlighted to me just how far the reach of IJSP has grown. I was amazed to hear it has readers in over 160 countries – a stark reminder that we are not alone in our interest and passion for learning about Social Pedagogy. I would recommend reading this short but enlightening piece as it reminded me that Social Pedagogy impacts so many more disciplines other than just Residential Child Care, which is my remit. It also brought to my attention several other articles that I had forgotten about or not even been aware of – a warning - it is easy to get lost down an article rabbit hole after reading this paper!” – Hannah Severn, SPPA Trustee.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/ijsp/article/pubid/IJSP-12-18/

29/04/2024

Come and join us tomorrow for the SPPA AGM https://mailchi.mp/0ddec886650e/the-sppa-agm-is-tomorrow

15/04/2024

Aspasia Dania and Alan Ovens will be presenting at the this Thursday! Come and join us! Tickets and more info here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/socialpedagogyprofessionalassociation/1149599?

01/04/2024

Welcome April! The article of the month is here! It was written by Lowis Charfe and chosen by Bianka Lang, a must-read!
“I have chosen this article by Lowis Charfe, as I am very interested in relational leadership within Social Care. The article brings to life how to critically discover a relational approach to leadership. It looks at the Human Learning System and explores the social pedagogy leadership framework. The social pedagogy leadership framework explores the steering of complexity in direct practice and supports positive organisational cultures and systems, as well as the development of ethical and relational leadership.
I’m very excited to share this article with you!” - Bianka Lang, SPPA Trustee
Read the full article here: https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/ijsp/
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28/03/2024

Do you want to explore transgression and learn with us?
Join the SPPA online forum on 18th April! We have an amazing lineup of speakers!
More info and tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/socialpedagogyprofessionalassociation/1149599
SPPA MEMBERS GET A SPECIAL DISCOUNT!
(click 'Do you have an access code' and input your SPPA member access code to unlock the tickets)

01/03/2024

Just because it’s March and Spring is coming soon, we have decided to extend the Early Bird discount to attend our Online forum on 18th of April! Learn more about the topic and the speakers here (and buy your tickets ASAP): https://buytickets.at/socialpedagogyprofessionalassociation/1149599

01/03/2024

The article of this month was chosen by Tanya Alder, SPPA Trustee and Treasurer, and it was written by Geoffrey Hinchliffe. The paper explores the meaning of education in contrast with pedagogy. Whereas education can be defined as ‘learning for its own sake ‘pedagogy can be defined as learning orientated towards social goals.
Tanya chose this article because:
“As a retired foster carer education was always important for our children. Learning gave them a reason to go to school and was always a great confidence booster, learning with pedagogy in mind gave them the tools to build on and taught them how to survive in a school-based education system.
This was even more important as many of our foster children were in SEND schools and
many had never been in full time education or even in a school. This was a great experience, especially as the ones we dealt with were very pedagogy based. I think this article highlights the benefits”.

Read the full article here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227599572_Education_or_Pedagogy

28/02/2024

Hurry up and take advantage of the Early Bird sale to attend our Online forum. The sale is on until the 29th of Feb! Get your tickets here: https://buytickets.at/socialpedagogyprofessionalassociation/1149599
Join us to transgress together!

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20/02/2024

This Thursday 22nd February at 12:00, join us for the 3rd session of the webinar series SP and PE: Using Games. We have an amazing group of presenters from all over the world! FREE for SPPA members! Get your ticket via Ticket Tailor here:

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12/02/2024

On 12th February we celebrate the 90th birthday of Pat Petrie. Since the 1990s, Pat has been one of the most influential British researchers in social pedagogy. Her survey of school-age childcare in the EU (1996) led to the Department of Health inviting her to look further into social pedagogy. This culminated in her establishing the Centre for Understanding Social Pedagogy (CUSP) in 2009.

Shortly after, social pedagogy was piloted in children’s residential care in England, followed by the Fostering Network’s introduction of social pedagogy into foster care from 2013 onwards. In 2017, Pat was one of the founding members of SPPA. Please share the celebrations 🎉 by wishing Pat a Happy Birthday 🎂 in the comments.

Further, you can watch our 2015 interview with Pat on our YouTube channel:

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