Welcome to ThemPra

Dear reader,

Welcome to the world of social pedagogy. With this website we want to give you an insight into the theory and practice of social pedagogy and outline what ThemPra Social Pedagogy Community Interest Company does. Here is an overview of what you can explore on our website:

CONCEPTS AND HISTORY OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGY

Social pedagogy has become synonymous with many hopes about improving children's and young people's lives, especially those looked after. We want to contribute to a better understanding of social pedagogy, which is why we have made available some of the fundamentals about theory and practice. You can find more about the concepts underpinning social pedagogy and its evolution on the continent in this section ...

THEMPRA'S ACTIVITIES

As a social enterprise, ThemPra provides social pedagogy courses, works together with organisations on systemic implementation projects and promotes social pedagogy across the UK. We want to enable organisations to make sense of social pedagogy in their practice, and you can learn more about our approach and our courses in this section ...

NEWS ABOUT SOCIAL PEDAGOGY

To keep you up to speed with the latest developments around social pedagogy across the UK, you can stay informed by regularly visiting the news section, which links you to news articles, conferences, and updates from ThemPra ...

FURTHER INFORMATION ON SOCIAL PEDAGOGY

We have also drawn together various resources and links that will point you in the right direction if you want to find out more about social pedagogy, whether it's which books or articles to read, where you can study, or where else you can find out more about social pedagogy. Simply follow this link ...

WHO WE ARE

If you are interested in finding out more about who is behind ThemPra and what vision has brought us together, check out this part of the website. And if you have any queries, ideas or suggestions, we would be delighted to hear from you ...

Enjoy the reading!

Best wishes,

Sylvia, Gabriel & Mike

UPDATES FROM THEMPRA:

ThemPra at SIRCC. As Scotland is increasingly more active in exploring social pedagogy, we just ran two introductory seminars with 70 participants. We also delivered a workshop at the SIRCC conference, and we'll be offering two educational courses on social pedagogy for SIRCC.
If you've been to one of our sessions, please follow this link to download our introductory social pedagogy material ...

The Social Pedagogy Development Network had its second meeting in Stone, Staffordshire on June 18, 2010.
To find out more about what we've worked on so far and how you can play a part, please follow this link ...

New on our website is the Social Pedagogy Myth Buster, which aims to dispel some of the more persisting misconceptions about social pedagogy.
Have a look here and let us know what you think ...

Much has happened since our social pedagogy implementation strategy with Essex County Council started in September 2008. If you are interested in reading about how social pedagogy has impacted on practitioners, you can find out more here ...