A one-day conference will be held in London on Monday 23 May, 10 am – 4 pm, at the Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL. The conference will invite all those concerned with principled educational development to act together in helping schools and communities to address pressing concerns of the century. Links will be explored between interventions in schools concerning values, rights, sustainability, democracy, citizenship and global citizenship, health promotion and curriculum review.

The conference will mark the publication of the 3rd edition of the Index for inclusion: developing learning and participation in schools, by Tony Booth and Mel Ainscow. This new edition, substantially revised and expanded, builds on ten years of the Index in use, supporting educational development in more than forty countries. Inclusion in the Index is a principled approach to developing education and society. It concerns the development of cultures, policies and practices affecting everyone: children and adults; schools, families and communities.

Aims of the conference

• To encourage connections to be made between principled interventions in schools, to do with education for democracy, sustainability and global citizenship, health promotion, anti-discrimination, non-violence, values, rights and inclusion.

 

• To consider how school curricula can be developed according to inclusive values at a time of curriculum constraint.

 

• To consider how schools can contribute to the development of communities and communities can support the development of schools.

 

• To reinforce a view of inclusion as concerned with putting inclusive values into action for all children and adults.

 

• To offer practical ways in which schools can develop themselves in accordance with their own deeply held principles.

 

• To launch the radically revised new version of the Index for Inclusion: developing learning and participation in schools.

 

This event is jointly organised by CSIE; the Institute of Education, University of London; and the Centre for Commonwealth Education, University of Cambridge.

The conference will be of interest to

• teachers

• headteachers

• parents

• local authority staff

• all people and organisations concerned with the principled development of education whether under headings of inclusion, environmental sustainability, democracy, rights, values, global citizenship, health promotion, community and parental participation or anti-discrimination.

Cost

£95 +VAT including refreshments, lunch and materials; each delegate will receive a copy of the 3rd edition of the Index for Inclusion

For more information or to book your place please see the conference leaflet or complete this booking form.