Little signs, local seeds, learning and development: an interview on social pedagogy in the UK and Germany

Abstract

This interview article summarises the key themes of an expert interview held by Christian Spatscheck with Pat Petrie. The text identifies and reflects the history of the establishment and development of social pedagogy in the UK and Germany since the 1990s. The interview ends with the identification of challenges for the further development of social pedagogy for the future.

Keywords

• social pedagogy
• England
• Germany
• theory
• practice
• education