Children's Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Schools: A Critical Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781847425133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 288 str.

Debbie Watson

Opis

Many theories of children s well-being reduce the task of nurturing it to checking items off an objective list. Offering a more complex and nuanced view of the concept, Debbie Watson, Carl Emery, and Phil Bayliss argue here that well-being should be understood at the level of the subjective child and that schools should foster well-being by promoting positive relationships and greater inclusivity. Shedding new light on this critical but often taken-for-granted topic, "Children s Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Schools" holds important lessons for policymakers, practitioners, students, and researchers."

Spis treści

Section 1 Context: Introduction: Conceptual dimensions of wellbeing; Critical review of policy literature and concepts of wellbeing; Schools- current research findings/ trends/ concerns related to wellbeing; Section 2 Key issues: Inclusive Discourses in schools; Social and Emotional Dispositions and Skills- a way forward in understanding wellbeing?; Promoting positive relationships in schools; Play, playfulness and children's wellbeing ~ Karen McInnes; Children's rights and their contribution to wellbeing ~ Margaret Boushel; Professionals supporting wellbeing in schools; Section 3 Conceptions of wellbeing: towards a holistic discourse of wellbeing in schools; Social pedagogy and the promise for conceptions and practice of wellbeing in schools; Whose definition of wellbeing?; Conclusion.