EduResearch Matters AARE by Pat Thompson December 1, 2022

One way or another, my research always concerns a “wicked”  problem.  I simply want to know how schooling can be made better and fairer for many more children and young people than is the case at present. I’ve taken this question into research projects on public policy and education systems, schools and school leaders work, and curriculum and pedagogy. The Covid postponed Radford lecture offered an opportunity to take one more step towards bringing some of these research strands  together. So I chose social justice and arts education – or cultural education as it is called in England where I am currently based – as my topic….

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