Tony Breslin is Chief Executive at the Citizenship Foundation, a member of the Council of the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) and a Vice President and former Chair of the Association for the Teaching of the Social Sciences (ATSS). A qualified OFSTED inspector and former Chief Examiner at GCSE (Social Sciences) and Principal Examiner at A level (Sociology), he has written widely on Social Science teaching, Citizenship Education, the future of schooling and lifelong learning. Tony has taught and held middle and senior management positions at state schools in Hertfordshire and Haringey and was formerly General Adviser 14-19 and Vocational Education in the London Borough of Enfield.
Barry Dufour teaches a wide range of education courses at the University of Leicester School of Education, De Montfort University and Loughborough University. He is one of the UK's leading authorities on the social curriculum in schools. His main publications include The New Social Studies (1973) with Professor Denis Lawton, New Movements in the Social Sciences and Humanities (1982) and The New Social Curriculum (1990). He also has extensive experience in LEA advisory and inspection work and as an independent consultant to inner city schools. His other specialisms include disruptive behaviour in schools and school management. A founder member of the Association for the Teaching of the Social Sciences (ATSS), he holds several fellowships and vice presidencies with national education organisations and serves on their committees.