Description
Book SynopsisThe 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.
Table of ContentsList 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
