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SUMMARY:Young people\, optimism and nature: a fragile balance for educatio
 n - Professor Margaret Robertson\, La Trobe University\, Melbourne\, Austr
 alia
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CONTACT:Bryony Horsley-Heather
DESCRIPTION:‘Student voice’\, ‘learning for engagement’ and ‘stu
 dents’ well-being’ are frequent phrases used in project titles for edu
 cation research. As John Dewey taught us more than one century ago the liv
 ed experiences of students are of paramount importance for teachers to und
 erstand. How well we do this is reflected in the responses young people ma
 ke to questions related to their favourite places\, places of concern and 
 advice for teachers. With examples drawn from projects that include the 19
 96 Land-Use UK project I try to identify the patterns in students’ respo
 nses to these questions. Have we learnt anything in this time period or ar
 e regulatory measures making the task for teachers and teaching more diffi
 cult? How are young people faring in this complicated world of information
  / knowledge paradoxes. \n\nMargaret Robertson is Professor of Education a
 t La Trobe University\, Melbourne\, Australia. Her research interests incl
 ude seeking ways to better understand young people's relationships with pl
 ace and developing strategies to include their voices in decision making. 
 A research quandary of personal interest is how they juggle the competing 
 demands of living locally and communicating globally. For a brief time a f
 ormer researcher in the Faculty of Education with the Land Use UK Project\
 , Margaret was first introduced to Cambridge by the late Dr Rex Walford. H
 er interests stem from a long career associated with Geographical Educatio
 n in schools and higher education.\n
LOCATION:Room GS5\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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