New pedagogue role is proposed

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 8 May 2008

Everyone working with children in Scotland should have shared, universal training, according to a report that argues for a new profession, the Scottish pedagogue.

Working it out: developing the children's sector workforce, by Children in Scotland, calls for the development of a new graduate-level qualification, based on a broad understanding of children and the relationships to others and their community. In European countries the term 'pedagogy' has a wider meaning, 'encompassing not only children's educational needs but their social and emotional development', the report said. In Denmark pedagogues work with people of all ages in education, social services and health, and Sweden has a single framework for...

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