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C4EO: Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children's and Young Peoples Services
C4EO is a DCSF sponsored consortium that aims to create a central hub of knowledge that provides local, regional and national evidence of what works when it comes to facilitating the growth of children and young people.
dreamwall has recently been successful with their application to C4EO and thus have again been assured of the positive contribution made towards the lives of the young people that we work with. dreamwall's account is situated under the subheading 'Vulnerable (Looked After Children)'. It can be found by following the link below.
The start of an exciting journey: Social Pedagogy Style
On November the 27th 2009, the Executive Founder of dreamwall Brett Rennolds attended a networking event set up by the organization ThemPra. The aim of this event was to bring people from all over the country together to understand social pedagogy, share experiences and opinions and work together to help the UK turn a corner in the way in it approaches young people. This was the first event of its kind and can only be described as an unprecedented success, with Brett commenting
" One of the best events I have ever attended. The European pedagogues really understood what dreamwall was about... "
So the question is, just what exactly is Social Pedagogy?
It has been described by an early German pedagogue as
" the Social aspects of education and the educational aspects of social life constitute this science (Social Pedagogy)"
(Paul Natorp 1904)
In short to the best of my understanding, Social Pedagogy is concept implemented extremely successfully in European and Scandinavian countries. It emphasizes that human relationships should be based on equality and openness not on supervision and hierarchy and argues that education is a social function as well as being for academic purpose. A social pedagogue (an individual working in a social pedagogy way) will address the whole of a young person, not just specific characteristics, occupy the same living space and become a secure adult base in the young persons life. There is far more to it than this, if you'd like to find out more,
this link is very informative.
Matt@dreamwall.org.uk