Community Outreach and Systems Change Research for

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Community Outreach and Systems Change Research for Access to Education for Socio-Economically Marginalised Groups in Ireland and Europe Invited Online Lecture, Centre for Engaged Research Lecture Series, June 22, 2022 Professor Paul Downes Director, Educational Disadvantage Centre Professor of Psychology of Education Institute of Education Dublin City University, Ireland Affiliate Professor, Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health,University of Malta Advisor to EU Commission on Early School Leaving paul.downes@dcu.ie Marginalisation, Exclusion, Inclusion, Voice and Hierarchies Presupposes a Spatial Understanding (Downes 2020) Space is a System of Relations – Physical and Relational Space – Space is not simply Place ! Reconfiguration of Space – Physical and Relational – for Engaged Research to Bridge Research-Practice-Policy Divide Downes, P. (2020) Reconstructing agency in developmental and educational psychology: Inclusive Systems as Concentric Space. New York/London/New Delhi: Routledge Child-Centred Community Wide Consultations Downes, P. (2004). Psychological support services for Ballyfermot: Present and future. Commissioned Research Report for European Union funded organisation, URBAN, Ballyfermot, in conjunction with Ballyfermot Drugs Task Force. * 342 questionnaires (180 girls, 162 boys) were returned in total from the primary schools in Ballyfermot: 20 focus groups were held in the primary schools * 12 focus groups and 173 questionnaire responses from secondary students *Interviews with local community services, parents, school principals, statutory services, Downes, P. & Maunsell, C. (2007). Count us in: Tackling early school leaving in South West Inner City Dublin, An integrated response. Commissioned Research Report for South Inner City Community Development Association (SICCDA) & South Inner City Drugs Task Force: Dublin Downes, P., Maunsell, C., & Ivers, J. (2006). A holistic approach to early school leaving and school retention in Blanchardstown: Current issues and future steps for services and schools. Blanchardstown Area Partnership, Dublin. 12 national reports 196 interviews took place in total with members of senior management from 83 education institutions, as well as from senior officials in government departments relevant to lifelong learning in each country. Sixty- nine of these interviews were with senior representatives from higher education across 30 institutions. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, England, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Scotland and Slovenia. Downes, P (2014). Access to Education In Europe: A framework and agenda for system change. Dordrecht: Springer 1. Beyond Bronfenbrenner to address system blockages and power: Reconstructing Hierarchies of Diametric Spatial Oppositions between Above/Below 2. Assertive Outreach as Assumed Connection in Relational Space 3. Bridging Diametric Spatial Splits between Health and Education: Family