Dear Colleagues,
Information about Pupil voice conference below will be of interest to many.
Please circulate.
> Call for Papers for National Research Conference
>
> Pupil Voice and Participation: pleasures, promises and pitfalls
>
> May 22nd-23rd 2006 University of Nottingham
>
> Presentation contributions are invited for this conference which is
> the culmination of the ESRC funded seminar series Critically Engaging
> with Pupil Voice. Researchers, teachers, school staff, postgraduate
> students and school students are invited to submit papers related to the
> following themes:
> * From consultation to active participation
> * Rethinking school improvement to include pupils
> * Making children's rights a reality
> * Visual research with children and young people
> * Changing school leadership communities
>
> Keynote speakers include Roger Holdsworth of the Youth Research Centre,
> University of Melbourne and Peter Clarke, Children's Commissioner for
> Wales.
> Proposals for symposia, papers or workshops should be submitted by
> March 31st 2006 to Jane McGregor at [log in to unmask]. The
> proposal should include a 400-500 word abstract, full contact details
> and brief biographical information. Selected conference papers will be
> published as free access downloadable pdf documents and in upcoming
> journal and book publications. Further details of the conference will be
> available in March.
>
> For further information contact
> Dr Jane McGregor
> 12 Bishop's Road
> Trumpington
> Cambridge
> CB2 2NH
> 01223 841458 mob; 07789652798