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Critical Educational Psychology

Antony J. Williams (Edited by), A Williams (Author), Tom Billington (Edited by), Dan Goodley (Edited by), Tim Corcoran (Edited by)

9781118975947, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 23 December 2016

256 pages
24.4 x 18.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.499 kg

The first textbook of its kind, Critical Educational Psychology is a forward-thinking approach to educational psychology that uses critical perspectives to challenge current ways of thinking and improve practice.

List of Contributors vii

Introduction 1
Tom Billington, Antony Williams, Dan Goodley and Tim Corcoran

Part I Reflexive Foundationalism: Critical Psychological Resources 13

Chapter 1 Psychology and Education: Unquestionable Goods 15
Ansgar Allen

Chapter 2 Ontological Constructionism 26
Tim Corcoran

Chapter 3 What Use is a Story? Narrative, in Practice 34
Penny Fogg

Chapter 4 Post-Conventionalism: Towards a Productive Critical Educational Psychology 43
Dan Goodley

Chapter 5 Psychoanalysis 52
Antony Williams

Part II Ethics and Values in Practice 61

Chapter 6 Critical Educational Psychology and Disability Studies: Theoretical, Practical and Empirical Allies 63
Dan Goodley and Tom Billington

Chapter 7 Thinking Critically About Professional Ethics 79
Pat Bennett

Chapter 8 The Ethical Demand in an Impossible Profession 88
Niall Devlin

Chapter 9 EP Becoming Phronimos: The Virtue of Phronêsis in Educational Psychology 99
Daniela Mercieca and Duncan P. Mercieca

Chapter 10 Traversing the Expert Non-Expert Binary: The Fluid and Contested Nature of Expertise 108
Catherine Beal

Chapter 11 Joining the Q: What Q Methodology Offers to a Critical Educational Psychology 118
Martin Hughes

Chapter 12 Are We All Psychologists Now? 127
Antony Williams

Part III Putting Critical Psychological Resources to Work in Educational Psychology 135

Chapter 13 Epidemic or Psychiatrisation? Children's Mental Health in a Global Context 137
China Mills

Chapter 14 The Teacher's Role in Supporting Student Mental Health and Well-being 146
Helen Monkman

Chapter 15 Towards Restorative Justice 157
Victoria Harold

Chapter 16 Faith and Educational Psychology: Empowering Islamic Perspectives of Muslim Parents 167
Samana Saxton

Chapter 17 Gender, Non-normativity and Young Women who Have Been Excluded 176
Dawn Bradley

Chapter 18 A Mindful Educational Psychology Practice 184
Sahaja Davis

Chapter 19 Some Reflections on Educational Psychology Practice 192
Majid Khoshkhoo

Chapter 20 Finding Attunement and Promoting Positive Attachments 200
Kathryn Pomerantz

Chapter 21 Social Theatre for Social Change: The Relevance of Performance Art in Educational Psychology 209
Nick Hammond

Chapter 22 'Being' Dyslexic in Higher Education: Reflections on Discourse and Identity 218
Harriet Cameron

Chapter 23 A Future? Why Educational Psychologists Should Engage with a Critical Neuroscience 226
Tom Billington

Further Reading and Resources 235

Index 237

Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]

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