Carlo Raffo, BSc, MSc, PhD
Reader in Education
Email: carlo.raffo@manchester.ac.uk
Main research interests
Main research interests can be located within the Education in Urban Contexts group and the Centre for Equity in Education. More specifically DfES, Joseph Rowntree, ESRC, Teacher Development Agency, National College for School Leadership and EU research projects have focused on:
- educational inequality and policy interventions in urban contexts
- the conceptual mapping of the links between education and poverty
- identity and transition issues for young people, teachers and cultural entrepreneurs in the new economies of the city
- disaffection and the work-related curriculum
- governance issues for neigbhourhoods and schools in challenging contexts
- community orientated and full service extended schools
- school leadership and social inclusion
- European policies of priority education
Main teaching interests
- EdD Education in Urban Contexts them
- Initial teacher education (with a specific focus on business education) and the development of trainee teachers' behaviour management expertise.
International experience
Research fellowship at the Youth Research Centre, School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia; Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Melbourne, Australia; Victoria State Education Department, Australia. Invitations to speak to the research seminar programme at ACER and the Industry Education Partnership forum at the Victoria State Education Department. In addition there was an opportunity for joint research writing in the area of school-to-work transitions, vocational education, social exclusion, and disaffection.
Selected recent publications
Journal Articles
Dyson, A. & Raffo, C. (2007) Education and disadvantage: the role of community-oriented schools , Oxford Review of Education, 33(3), 297-314
Raffo, C. & Dyson, A. (2007) Full service extended schools and educational inequality in urban contexts new opportunities for progress? Journal of Education Policy, Vol 22 (5), 263-282
Raffo, C. & Hall, D. (2006) Transitions to becoming a teacher on an Initial Teacher Education and Training Programme , British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol 27 (1), 53-66
Raffo, C. (2006) Disadvantaged young people accessing the new urban economies of the post-industrial city , Journal of Educational Policy, 21 (1), 75-94
Hall, D & Raffo, C. (2004) Re-engaging 14-16 year olds with their schooling through work-related learning , Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 56(1) pp69-79
Raffo, C (2003) Disaffected young people and the work-related curriculum at KS4 issues of social capital development and learning as a form of cultural practice , Journal of Education and Work, Vol16, No 1, p 69-86
Raffo, C. (2000) "Mentoring Disenfranchised Young People: an action research project on the development of 'weak ties' and social capital enhancement" in Education and Industry in Partnership, Vol 6, Nos 3, pp 22-42, Victoria Industry Education Partnerships, Bundoora, Australia.
Raffo, C., & Reeves, M. (2000) Youth Transitions and Social Exclusion - developments in social capital theory' in Journal of Youth Studies , Vol 3 Nos 2, pp147-166.
Raffo, C., O'Connor, J., Lovatt, A., & Banks, M (2000) Risk and trust in the cultural industries in Geoforum, Vol 31, No4, p 453-464.
Reports
Dean, C., Dyson, A., Gallannaugh, F., Howes, A. & Raffo C. (2007) Schools, governors and disadvantage in England , (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, http://www.jrf.org.uk, ISBN: 978 1 85935 557 2 )
Cummings, C., Dyson, A., Papps, I., Pearson, D., Raffo, C., Tiplady, L. & Todd. L (2006) Evaluation of the Full Service Extended Schools Initiative, Second Year: Thematic Papers , DfES Research Report 795 (DfES publications, Nottingham, ISBN 978 1 84478 809 5)
Knowledge Transfer Publications
Raffo, C. & Visser, J. (2005) Behaviour and Attendance Materials for Primary Initial Teacher Training Tutors , Behaviour4Learning (Learning Matters, ISBN 1844450295)
Hall, D. & Jones R. & Raffo, C. (2004) Business Studies 3rd Edition (Causeway Press) 836pp. (ISBN 1-902796-83-7)
Hall, D. & Jones R. & Raffo, C. (2003) GCSE Applied Business Studies , (Causeway Press) 240pp (ISBN 1-902796-62-4)