Vincent, C., Neal, S. and Iqbal, H. (2016) Children’s friendships in diverse primary schools: teachers and the processes of policy enactment. Journal of Education Policy, 31 (4). pp. 482-494. ISSN 0268-0939
Abstract
Drawing on data from a project exploring children's and adults’ friendships across social class and ethnic difference, this paper focuses on the enactment of national and institutional policy around children’s friendships as realized in three primary schools in diverse urban areas in London. Through a focus on the way in which social and emotional learning (SEL) and teachers’ understandings of children’s friendships seek to govern children’s friendship behaviours, we turn to Foucault’s work to explore how power shapes relations between policy frameworks and teachers’ practices, and between those who teach and those who are taught. We discuss the disciplinary potential of SEL and teachers’ ‘common sense’ understandings of children’s friendships, but conclude by noting possibilities for teachers to create spaces in which all children can safely explore the nature of friendships.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/ by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Children’s friendships; social and emotional learning; Foucault; diversity; policy enactment |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Economic and Social Research Council ES/K002384/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2017 15:55 |
Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2017 15:55 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2015.1130859 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02680939.2015.1130859 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:111354 |