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Wellbeing, Equity and Education
Jennifer Spratt
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Description for Wellbeing, Equity and Education
Hardback. Series: Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity. Num Pages: 147 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JN; JNA; JNC; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 409.
This book critically examines multiple discourses of wellbeing in relation to the composite aims of schooling. Drawing from a Scottish study, the book disentangles the discursive complexity, to better understand what can happen in the name of wellbeing, and in particular, how wellbeing is linked to learning in schools. Arguing that educational discourses have been overshadowed by discourses of other groups, the book examines the political and ideological policy aims that can be supported by different discourses of wellbeing. It also uses interview data to show how teachers and policy actors accepted, or re-shaped and remodelled the policy discourses as ... Read more
This book critically examines multiple discourses of wellbeing in relation to the composite aims of schooling. Drawing from a Scottish study, the book disentangles the discursive complexity, to better understand what can happen in the name of wellbeing, and in particular, how wellbeing is linked to learning in schools. Arguing that educational discourses have been overshadowed by discourses of other groups, the book examines the political and ideological policy aims that can be supported by different discourses of wellbeing. It also uses interview data to show how teachers and policy actors accepted, or re-shaped and remodelled the policy discourses as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
Series
Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity
Number of Pages
147
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319500645
SKU
V9783319500645
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Ref
99-15
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