David has been active in community development and working with young people for 30 years and continues to work in the field.
He has written and published on race and adoption, institutional racism and group work.
He has undertaken work on numerous school issues including exclusions, truancy, sex and relationship education, learning and teaching and introducing group work approaches to teaching. David teaches organisation and management, race, identity and institutional racism, international development and a range of social policy areas and community and youth work. He is also one of the course group workers.
Academic qualifications
BA (Hons) Social Science and Qualification in Social Work and Msc International Development (SOAS)
Teaching
Race and racism/organisation development/international development/group work/youth and crime/education.
Presentations and exhibitions
Recent presentation to group-work conference and faith and community cohesion conference summer 2010.
Kirton, Derek and Woodger, David. 1999. Experiences of transracial adoption. In: , ed. Assessment, Training and Preparation: implications from research. British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering: British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, pp. 69-76. ISBN 1873868693
Institutional racism/race and racism/ school and professional responses to vulnerable young people / group work impact and effectiveness in personal and social development/ faith islamaphobia and community cohesion.