Complementary Schools
Project Director: Dr Charmian Kenner
Email: c.kenner (@gold.ac.uk)
This ESRC-funded seminar series was set up by Peter Martin of University of East London and later directed by Charmian Kenner of Goldsmiths, with Jim Anderson (Goldsmiths) and Louise Archer (King’s). Four seminars were held, including one at University of Birmingham co-organised with Angela Creese, and a final conference. The seminar series brought together research from recent and ongoing projects on complementary schools in the UK and internationally. The objectives were: to exchange and share knowledge and research evidence on complementary schools in the UK; to facilitate cross-disciplinary and international dialogue with regard to research on complementary schools; and to critically assess public policies with reference to research evidence. Seminar themes were: Multiculturalism and Multilingualism; Every Child Matters and Parenting; Professional Development -Teachers and Curriculum; and Social Inclusion and Links with Mainstream Education.
Publications
- Seminar 1 report: Multiculturalism and Multilingualism
- Seminar 2 report: Every Child Matters and Parenting
- Seminar 3 report: Professional Development - Teachers and Curriculum
- Seminar 4 report: Social Inclusion and Links with Mainstream Education
- Final Conference on Complementary Schooling
Presentations
- Developing bilingual learning
- Policy and practice in Tower Hamlets
- Promoting success in Bradford
- Magda and Albana becoming biliterate
- Teacher education making connections
- Family involvement in education in the Basque Country
- Creativity in the community languages classroom