Something Wasn't Right … Democratic Experiences for Children in a Scottish Primary School

Autor/inn/en	Killen, Andrew; Holligan, Chris
Titel	Something Wasn't Right … Democratic Experiences for Children in a Scottish Primary School
Quelle	In: FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 64 (2022) 3, S.140-153 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0963-8253
DOI	10.3898/FORUM.2022.64.3.14
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Urban Schools; Elementary Schools; Democratic Values; Inclusion; Public Schools; Educational Environment; Educational Policy; Well Being; Working Class; Social Bias; Power Structure; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Inklusion; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Arbeiterklasse
Abstract	Children's treatment in the school environment has barely changed over many decades. Norms of obedience, discipline and control persist to define their 'place' in hierarchies of schooling. This is in direct contrast with freedoms they enjoy outside of school from, for example, their use of information communication technology, use of time and range of choices. This article is an autoethnographic study recounting my experience of working in an urban primary school. Over a two-year period, during which time I held a senior leadership role, I recorded my experiences in a daily journal or diary. My focus was on children, especially children living in areas of intergenerational exclusion. I asked how democratic and therefore inclusive state schooling is. I focused on the experience of children through their interactions and relationships with school structures and its professionalised culture. To that extent their experience was as subordinated social agents of an education policy hinterland whose micro-institutional structures undermine the agency and well-being of unsuspecting working-class children. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01