Caring for Children: Some Long-term Issues |
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| Authors: | John Wilson |
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| Institution: | Department of Educational Studies, Oxford University |
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| Abstract: | Using Felicity Fletcher-Campbell's work on 'looked-after children' (children in care) as a starting point, John Wilson considers an appropriate response to the decline of traditional support networks such as the extended family and the community in which it is situated. In his view, this should not involve separate pastoral care but a reconceptualizing of our whole picture of what the school is for. At the centre of this is the idea that, to be effective, much learning requires a personal relationship. He goes on to discuss the nature of relationships, and suggests that they must be informed by some form of clear values. The remainder of his paper discusses what it might be about a community (school) that would promote real engagement and partnership. |
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