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Talk: Education from Hills Road to Mill Road & AGM
Tuesday, 14 June, 2022 , 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Education from Hills Road to Mill Road is an informative and fascinating talk on the history and evolution of schools in the Mill Road area. We hope this will spark memories, inviting discussion about formal and informal education in schools and in the community. The talk will review social and economic factors driving political and policy developments to reflect on how things have changed and why. It will consider the impact on children, young people and families of Mill Road.
The speakers Dr. Peter Cunningham and Dr. Melanie Keene are connected with Homerton College. Dr. Cunningham is an Emeritus Fellow, a historian and educationist with specialist interests in social and cultural history, histories of childhood and pedagogy, educational policy and practice, visual and oral history. His interests extend from curriculum history and teachers’ professional lives and careers, to the social and cultural history of education in many forms and phases. He has published and contributed to many books including: Beyond the Lecture Hall: Universities and community engagement from the middle ages to the present day; Politics and the Primary Teacher; Education through the Arts for Well-Being and Community: The Vision and Legacy of Sir Alec Clegg and Curriculum Change in the Primary School since 1945: Dissemination of the Progressive Ideal.
Melanie Keene is the Director of Studies for History and Philosophy of Science at Homerton College, Cambridge. Her research focuses primarily on the history of science for children in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly in Britain. In 2015 her first book was published, ‘Science in Wonderland: The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain’.
The talk will be preceded by a short Annual General Meeting (rescheduled from last month’s cancelled event).
We ask for an optional donation of £3 for live events to cover the cost of room hire etc.
7 pm Doors Open
7:30 pm AGM
7:45 pm Talk and Q&A
9 pm Finish
The video of the talk can be watched on our YouTube channel.