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Building Family Capital
Opening up the debate – work with parents, carers and
families
A research and professional development opportunity linking theory and practice
This event is now Full
| Date: | Thursday 17 January – Friday 18 January 2008 |
| Venue: | Holiday Inn, 129 St. Nicholas Circle, Leicester LE1 5LX |
| Ref: | C15-52/01/08 |
| Fee*: | Please note that all
presenters will be required to register for the conference and pay the
residential conference fee of £290 £220 - Fully non-residential; £175 - Attendance on Day 1 only, incl. lunch and dinner; £100 - Attendance on Day 2 only, incl. lunch NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees |
[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
The family is centre stage of many current policy agendas and this is an exciting time to expand our understanding about the wider benefits of learning as a family and in a family and how we can capture and define these benefits in a meaningful way to influence policy, research and practice.
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Aims
This conference will bring together the unique range of skills and expertise of academics, policy makers and practitioners. It provides the opportunity to link and discuss the range of mechanisms, processes and interventions that create and sustain family capital. Our combined challenge is to share research and practice evidence to influence thinking across the departmental and agency boundaries. The conference will cover the following themes:
 | Building Family Capital- Intergenerational Learning |
| Expanding research methodologies in work with parents and carers |
| Rethinking engaging and involving parents and carers |
| Diversity and home literacy practices |
| Capturing the value of social confidence |
| Developing Family Citizenship |
| Challenges of linking theory |
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Audience
The conference will be of particular interest to:
| Academics |
| Family Learning research students |
| Family Learning and parenting practitioners |
| Councillors |
| Policy makers |
Staff from:
| Voluntary and Community Sector |
| Learning and Skills Councils |
| Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills |
| Department for Children, Schools and Families |
| Lifelong Learning UK |
| Extended Services |
| Training and Development Agency |
| National organisations e.g. Parenting UK, National Family and Parenting Institute |
| Prisons |
| Probation Services |
| Youth Offending Institutions and Prisons. |
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Programme
| Day 1: Thursday 17 January 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 | Arrival and registration (tea/coffee available) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11:20 | Introduction: Conference chair | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11:30 | Keynote address:
The Vision of Family Capital – starting the debate Sue Evans, Independent Consultant |
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| 12:00 | Families and Social
Capital Prof. Ros Edwards, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science at London South Bank University |
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| 12:30 | Debate from the floor | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14:00 | Parallel
presentation sessions
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| 15:00 | Tea/coffee break | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15:20 | Parallel
presentation sessions
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| 16:30 | Parallel
presentation sessions
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| 17:20 | Evaluation of day/reflective practitioner session | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19:00 | Conference dinner | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21:00 | Local intergenerational entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||
| Day 2: Friday 18 January 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 09:00 | Registration (day participants) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 09:30 | Keynote addresses: Family literacy, language and numeracy: findings from an international meta-study Prof. Greg Brooks – Research Director, Sheffield arm of the National Research and Development Centre for adult literacy and numeracy (NRDC) Building Family Capital Dr Kate Pahl – Senior Lecturer, The School of Education, University of Sheffield |
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| 10:45 | Tea/coffee break | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 | Parallel
presentation sessions
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| 12:15 | Moving it forwards/next steps/evaluation/ summing up | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12:45 | Evaluation | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13:15 | Lunch and depart | ||||||||||||||||||
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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