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A new educational approach to be evaluated in children's residential homes

11 November 2009

Professor David Berridge

Professor David Berridge

Newly-awarded research in the Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare will evaluate a new educational approach being piloted in children's residential homes in England between 2009 and 2011. Known as 'social pedagogy', it is a system combining theory, practice and training which focuses on children’s ‘education’ in the broadest sense of the word and is already used widely in children’s residential homes in Europe. Funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the research is led by Professor David Berridge and will be carried out with his colleagues Eleanor Lutman and Dr Lorna Henry. The evaluation will compare the effectiveness and outcomes of three different methods of implementing social pedagogy within residential settings.

See our project webpages for more information about this research, "Evaluation of a social pedagogy pilot programme in residential children's homes".