Duckett, P., Sixsmith, J. and Kagan, C. (2008) Researching pupil well-being in UK secondary schools: Community psychology and the politics of research. Childhood. 15(1), pp. 89-106. 0907-5682.
Item Type: | Article |
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Abstract: | This study explores the relationships between a school, its staff and its pupils and the impact of these relationships on school pupils’ well-being. The authors adopted a community psychological perspective and applied critical, social constructionist epistemologies and participatory, multi-method research tools. The article discusses the importance of focusing on the complex, multilayered context of people’s lives (both participants and researchers) that are impacted by social, economic, cultural and political contexts. Finally, it reflects on the contrast between the messiness of real-world social science research and the often sanitized nature of its reporting. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Research politics, school, well-being |
Subjects: |
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental health services. Mental illness prevention > RA790.55 Community psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1028 Educational research L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2832 Teaching personnel |
Creators: | Duckett, Paul, Sixsmith, Judith and Kagan, Carolyn |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Northamptonshire and East Midlands: | Health |
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: | University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Health & Society |
Date: | February 2008 |
Date Type: | Publication |
Page Range: | pp. 89-106 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Childhood |
Volume: | 15 |
Number: | 1 |
Language: | English |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568207086838 |
ISSN: | 0907-5682 |
Status: | Published / Disseminated |
URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/6502 |
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