Mental Health, Identity and Informal Education Opportunities for Adolescents with Experience of Living in State Care: A Role for Digital Storytelling

Autor/inn/en	Hammond, Simon P.; Cooper, N. J.; Jordan, P.
Titel	Mental Health, Identity and Informal Education Opportunities for Adolescents with Experience of Living in State Care: A Role for Digital Storytelling
Quelle	In: Cambridge Journal of Education, 51 (2021) 6, S.713-732 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-764X
DOI	10.1080/0305764X.2021.1919057
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Trauma; Personal Narratives; Intervention; Story Telling; Foster Care; Identification (Psychology); Health Needs; Informal Education; Residential Programs; Electronic Publishing; Web Sites; Video Technology; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Erlebniserzählung; Pflegehilfe; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Elektronisches Publizieren; Web-Design
Abstract	The mental health difficulties and educational trajectories of adolescents with care-experience is a pervasive international concern. This article explores how digital technologies can facilitate self-reflective dialogues and informal education opportunities for adolescents with care-experience. Extracts from vlogs created during an ethnographic project working with adolescents (n = 10, six males and four females, M age = 15.3 years, age range: 14-18 years) and carers (n = 35, ages and gender not sought) in four English residential homes are thematically analysed. Three major themes were constructed: "richness of everyday identity;" "complexities of in care identity;" and "renegotiating narrative traumas." Themes illustrated how engagement with a blended intervention (featuring digital and face-to-face elements) created opportunities for trusted adults to support the mental health, identity and educational needs of adolescents with care-experience. The paper concludes by critically discussing the educational implications for those working with this group. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01