Monthly Archives: June 2010
K802 at Chickenley School
The new Open University course, K802 Critical practice with children and young people, includes two audiovisual case studies of practice settings. One of these is an innovative art education project at Chickenley Community Junior Infant and Nursery School in Kirklees, … Continue reading
Clegg announces new Children and Families taskforce
In his Barnardo’s lecture this morning (see the last post), Nick Clegg announced the setting-up of a Children and Families taskforce whose aim would be: to identify and prioritise a small number of specific policy proposals that will make the biggest … Continue reading
Boys to men: a Coalition priority?
It’s too early to gauge the new Coalition government’s approach to policy affecting children and families. However, some themes are already becoming clear, and we can tell a lot from the statements made by key figures in the Coalition before the … Continue reading
A new book for a new module
K802 is a genuinely multimedia course - it uses video, audio, online resources, forums and social networking to create what we hope will be a rich and stimulating learning environment. But at the heart of the module is a book, which forms … Continue reading
Is K802 for me?
How do you know if K802 Critical practice with children and young people is the right course for you? You’ll find the module relevant if: you work with children and young people – K802 is designed primarily for practitioners, working in any … Continue reading
Welcome!
Welcome to a brand new blog about a brand new Open University module! K802 Critical practice with children and young people will be launched in October 2010. It will be one of two core modules in the new Masters in … Continue reading