Tonight I provided a lecture for the Faculty of Arts and Education 2025 seminar series "What are schools for?". The lecture was titled "Listening to children's voices" and will be held on 13 August, 2025 7-8pm. I presented it on behalf of the Children's Voices Centre and am grateful to A/Prof Tamara Cumming and A/Prof Kathy Cologon for their support in preparing the presentation. There were 90+ people registered for the event, 39 people attended for the evening event - and the people registered will receive the recording.
Here is the abstract
Have you ever wondered what it might look like to uphold children’s communication rights by listening to their voices about social issues? In this session, you’ll hear about some of the ground-breaking methods our multi-disciplinary researchers have used to seek and listen to children’s voices. You’ll learn about the types of issues on which children’s voices can be sought as well as ways of using arts-informed practice to empower children to share their experiences. Methods covered in this session can be used by teachers working in early childhood right through to senior school education.
