Children’s Agency in the National Curriculum: The Promise of Structured Freedom
This event is presented by Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy. An international seminar and book launch including new research on how children’s voices and choices shape their learning.
There are two parts to this event
- – Hybrid international seminar (4:45pm-5:45pm BST)
- – In-person book launch event (5:45pm-6:30pm BST)
If you are attending in person, tickets are £20. If you are attending online, tickets are free. Please note that only the seminar is streamed online. The hybrid seminar features a series of ten-minute keynote presentations followed by an audience Q&A. The final presentation will be about the book Children’s Agency in the National Curriculum.
Speakers include:
- – Tracy Curran, Director at the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), Ireland
- – Rebecca Jackson, Headteacher, Cragside Primary School, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
- – Yana Manyukhina, Senior Research Fellow, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0 to 11 Years) (HHCP), IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, UK
- – Susan O’Neill, Professor and Head of the Department of Learning and Leadership at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, UK
- – Mark Priestley, Professor of Education and the Director of the Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making, University of Stirling, UK
- – Dominic Wyse, Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society; Founding Director, HHCP, UK
Filming and photography will be taking place during the event for documentation and communication purposes and there will also be food and drinks served for in-person attendees.
About the book
Children’s Agency in the National Curriculum, available to order here, explores the critical balance between providing educational structure and fostering children’s agency within national curriculum frameworks.
