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Wyness, Michael G. and Lang, Peter (2016) The social and emotional dimensions of schooling : a case study in challenging the ‘barriers to learning’. British Educational Research Journal, 42 (6). pp. 1041-1055. doi:10.1002/berj.3245 ISSN 0141-1926.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3245
Abstract
The educational landscape in England and Wales is shaped by demands made on head teachers, teachers and pupils to perform within a ‘field of judgement’ dominated by clearly defined outcomes of academic success (Ball 2003). This puts schools from challenging socio-economic contexts where there are potentially ‘barriers to learning’ at a considerable disadvantage. This paper draws on case study data from an English secondary school in an area of considerable deprivation. The empirical focus revolves around school participants’ perceptions and understandings of the social and emotional dimensions of schooling. The emphasis on the relational and emotional work undertaken by teaching staff underpins the case study school’s approach to challenging the barriers to learning. A number of themes and concerns are reported in this paper including relational work in school which extends into the community, the school as a sprawling network of communication and the heighted role of the emotions at a number of levels in school. In drawing on interview data from teachers, school managers, pupils and parents we are developing a model of schooling that approximates to Fielding’s (2006) conception of a ‘people oriented learning community’.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Inclusive education--England, Children with social disabilities--Education, Problem children--Education, Classroom management., Schools--Sociological aspects | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Educational Research Journal | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0141-1926 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 13 December 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 42 | ||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1041-1055 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/berj.3245 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 May 2016 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 October 2018 |
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