Consultancy from the International Association for Children's Spirituality: Tony Eaude
This space provides brief details of practitioners and academics working in a variety of situations within the realm of Children's Spirituality. All are available for consultancy and can be contacted through this website.
Tony Eaude
Dr Tony Eaude was the head teacher of a multi-cultural Church of England First School in Oxford, UK, for nine years before completing a doctorate, entitled Beyond Awe and Wonder - a study of how teachers understand young children's spiritual development. He now works as an independent research consultant, trading as 'New Perspectives…' and is a Research Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. He also teaches adults at the Institute of Education, University of London and young children at a primary school in Oxford.
Tony Eaude's interests and expertise are wide-ranging in areas associated with young children's education and especially their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. He is committed to a view of children's spirituality which reflects this as a common human need, while recognising the distinctive contribution of faith communities. This is reflected in his 2006 book Children's Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development - Primary and Early Years, published by Learning Matters, Exeter and particularly aimed at teachers in training. He has also written on areas associated with values, creativity and cultural diversity. His most recent publication is Thinking Through Pedagogy for Primary and Early Years, also published by Learning Matters. This encourages students and teachers to think deeply about the complexity of classrooms and about the 'whole child.'
Tony is available to lead training sessions and days and/or to speak at, or lead, seminars and conferences both in the UK and elsewhere. He would be especially interested to hear from those interested in collaboration on research, especially in cross-cultural contexts and on cross-disciplinary themes. He is currently looking to prepare proposals on teacher expertise, especially highlighting the distinctive elements of this when working with young children and on the nature, and development of moral communities. He is currently preparing a book proposal on young children's moral education, highlighting the implications both for those working with young children and for the wider discourse on moral education.
More details of Tony's work can be seen on his website www.edperspectives.org.uk. Those interested in this or any aspects of his work are invited to email him at tony.eaude@education.ox.ac.uk.