We are incredibly excited to share that TACTYC’s annual conference is planned for Saturday 14th October 2023. More information is available on our conference leaflet here.
Also, we are delighted to announce the call for papers is now open, further information and the form to submit is available here.…
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National Association for Primary Education is proud to present a Primary Education Summit ‘Visions for the Future’ over two weeks starting on 15th March 2023. This is intended to promote discussion about the type of rich and engaging primary education which will enable all our children to meet the challenges they face now and in the future.…
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Children as leaders: Whose learning is it anyway?
Exploring 21st Century practice
TACTYC presents this special online conference for all those working in early childhood education and care, including practitioners, advisors, EYs leaders, advocates, students and academics. The TACTYC 2022 Conference will focus on ‘Children as knowledge holders and leaders of learning’.…
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Date: Saturday 6th November 2004
Venue: Jury’s Inn, Birmingham
Topic: Developing the Reflective Practitioner: the Challenge for Trainers
Prof. Emeritus Tricia David challenged us to consider whether we are providing training or education and, if training, for what? She stated that education enables the practitioner to reflect, to read around the theory and practice and asked whether we encourage students to go out and find out or whether we tell them what to think.…
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Date: Friday 4th and Saturday 5th November 2005
Venue: The Thistle Hotel, Cardiff
Topic: Birth to Eight Matters: Seeking Seamlessness – Continuity? Integration? Creativity?
Speakers: Ruth Pimentel, Prof. Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Prof. Carol Aubrey and Ros Bayley and team.
If you would like to view the presentations made by Ruth Pimentel, Iram Siraj-Blatchford and Carol Aubrey, please click on the individual’s name.…
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Date: 6th May 2006
Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University
This Conference was a great success. It was the first regional conference for TACTYC. Our annual conferences and AGM are held in November each year but the Executive wanted to develop a new initiative for a Spring event.…
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Date: 4th November 2006
Venue: Novotel, Birmingham
Topic: Birth to Eight Matters: Reading Between the Lines
Our 2006 Annual Conference and AGM got off to an excellent start with Prof. Lesley Abbott OBE (Manchester Metropolitan University), our current President, reminding us of the importance of words such as ‘matters’ and ‘communication’ in relation to both TACTYC and the early years. …
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Date: Friday 16th and Saturday 17th November 2007
Venue: The Old Ship Hotel, Brighton
Topic: Play, Diversity and Heritage in the Early Years
Our annual 2007 Conference and AGM began on Friday evening with a welcome and introduction from our Chair, Professor Pat Broadhead.…
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Date: 26th April 2008
Venue: Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford
Topic: Happy and Healthy Children Play Outdoors
This was a lively, interesting, informative and practical Conference attended by around 80 delegates of whom a number were TACTYC members and the rest were drawn from around the Essex region.…
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Date: 8th November 2008
Venue: Novotel, Broad Street, Birmingham
Topic: Not Just Choosing: Respecting and Supporting Children’s Play
This year’s oversubscribed conference was clearly a joy for the majority of its 150+ keen delegates:
“Absolutely terrific keynotes! Did me good and gave me what I wanted from the day – to expand my own knowledge and thinking.”…
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Date: 6th and 7th November 2009
Venue: Milton Keynes
Topic: Inspiring Practice in Early Education: Research, Reflection, Debate.
With almost a hundred delegates, the buzz at this year’s Conference was amazing. Our three keynotes were (see below) extremely well received. Each of them offered a very distinctive and highly informed presentation that is now available on this website – you can find them here.…
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Date: 13th November 2010
Venue: Novotel, Broad Street, Birmingham
Topic: Grounds for play: exploring risk in the outdoor early years environment.
Over 100 delegates attended this year’s excellent conference and, of those, 42 were present at the AGM – a really good turnout all round.…
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