This article is about 'making' in education. Often associated with software programming (as in 'digital making'), making can also involve creating or modifying physical technological artefacts. In this paper, making is examined as a phenomenon that occurs at the intersection of culture, the economy, technology and education. The focus is not on…

Child poverty is a global issue that affects around half the children in the world; it is inextricably bound to the poverty experienced by their parents and families and has been identified by the United Nations as a human rights issue. Child poverty can be a barrier to children and young people accessing school education or achieving any form of…

This paper reports key findings from a study of young people's engagement in "atypical" activities in their families. The project focused on young caring and language brokering as two roles that are not assumed to be "normal" activities for children and young people. The findings presented are from a survey of 1002 young people…

Review of research over 2 decades suggests that two-thirds to three-quarters of British children have some experience of paid employment by the minimum school-leaving age (16). Recent studies in England and Scotland confirm that 2.2-2.6 million children worked at some time before age 16. (SK)

Discusses conflicts between labor and education authorities in the United Kingdom during the early part of the 20th century. Examines the case of conflicting authorities in Liverpool (England) and asks whether the rivalry over juvenile employment was simply a proxy for other local, rather than national, rivalries. (DSK)

Discusses the practice of child migration, the dispatch of unaccompanied children from the United Kingdom to its colonies. This was an integral feature of British social policy for over 350 years. Specifically examines the conflicts between Australia and England during the last years of this effort. (MJP)