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‘We are the same as everyone else just with a different and unique backstory’: Identity, belonging and ‘othering’ within education for young people who are ‘looked after’
- Source :
- Children & Society. 34:492-506
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- This paper develops understandings of how being publicly identified and consequently labelled as ‘looked after’ can have damaging consequences for young people, particularly in how they are perceived by their peers in the context of schooling. Based on qualitative research in northern England utilising participatory approaches with young people and interviews with support staff, we explore barriers that inhibit young people’s sense of belonging. We highlight how the very processes and practices set up to support the young people can often have unintended consequences by routinely positioning them as Other, before considering the implications for education and schooling in particular.
- Subjects :
- Health (social science)
Unintended consequences
05 social sciences
Identity (social science)
Gender studies
Citizen journalism
Context (language use)
Sense of belonging
Education
050906 social work
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Sociology
0509 other social sciences
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Set (psychology)
050104 developmental & child psychology
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10990860 and 09510605
- Volume :
- 34
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Children & Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........cc0e5cca2d130b9f72a40016c6bbf938