Wellbeing, equity and education : a critical analysis of policy discourses of wellbeing in schools /: a critical analysis of policy discourses of wellbeing in schools. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jennifer Spratt.
• Authors: Spratt, Jennifer
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The research study -- 1.2 The structure of the book -- 2. Discourse and Policy -- 2.1 What is discourse? -- 2.2 How discourse works: discourse and ideology -- 2.3 Different schools of thought in studies of discourse -- 2.4 Discourse and policy -- 2.5 Discourse analysis -- 2.6 Summary -- 3. Equity, Schooling and Wellbeing -- 3.1 Equality of what? -- 3.2 Liberal ideologies in education -- 3.3 International influences on policy -- 3.4 The multiple purposes of schooling -- 3.5 Equality of what? The Capability approach -- 3.6 Summary -- 4. Conceptualising Wellbeing -- 4.1 Wellbeing -- an ill-defined term -- 4.2 Identifying discourse of wellbeing used in education -- 4.3 Discursive theme 1: Physical health promotion -- 4.4 Discursive theme 2: Psychological discourses of social and emotional literacy -- 4.5 Discursive theme 3: Discourse of care -- 4.6 Discursive theme 4: Philosophical discourse of flourishing -- 4.7 Discursive theme 5: The emergent theme of sustainability -- 4.8 Summary -- 5. Conceptualising Relationships between Learning and Wellbeing -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Fielding's typology of schooling -- 5.3 Using Fielding's typology to examine the discursive relationships between learning and wellbeing -- 5.4 Using Fielding's typology in discourse analysis -- 5.5 Summary -- 6. Discourses of Wellbeing in Scottish Policy -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Health and wellbeing in Curriculum for Excellence -- 6.3 Use of language in the policy texts -- 6.4 The discursive representation of wellbeing in Scottish policy -- 6.5 Conclusions -- 6.6 Summary -- 7. Interactions between Wellbeing and Other Purposes of Schooling in Scottish Policy -- 7.1 The purpose of the Scottish curriculum -- the 'four capacities' -- 7.2 Economic strategy -- 7.3 Discursive links between wellbeing and learning -- 7.4 Summary -- 8. The Discursive Gap: Interpretation of Policy by Professionals -- 8.1 The study participants -- 8.2 Evidence of patterns in the data -- 8.3 Findings from the interviews -- 8.4 Summary -- 9. Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Wellbeing and Equity in Education -- 9.1 Problematizing wellbeing discourses in schools -- 9.2 Wellbeing, equity and education -- towards a more comprehensive understanding through the capability approach -- 9.3 A final note -- 10. Appendix -- Research methods -- 10.1 Data collection -- 10.2 Using critical discourse analysis -- 11. References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.102/4; School environment; Educational sociology; Education and state; Education; Education -- Philosophy; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; Education; Education and state; Education -- Philosophy; Educational sociology; School environment; Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Schools and Schooling; Educational Philosophy; Educational Psychology; Sociology of Education; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319500669; 3319500643; 9783319500645
• Related ISBNs: 331950066X; 9783319500645; 3319500643
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 12, 2017).
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