Psychopathology at School: Theorizing mental disorders in education

Author:   Valerie Harwood (The University of Sydney, Australia) ,  Julie Allan (University of Birmingham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138652378


Pages:   218
Publication Date:   21 January 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Psychopathology at School provides a timely response to concerns about the rising numbers of children whose behaviour is recognised and understood as a medicalised condition, rather than simply as poor behaviour caused by other factors. It is the first scholarly analysis of psychopathology which draws on the philosophers Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari and Arendt to examine the processes whereby children’s behaviour is pathologised. The heightened attention to mental disorders is contrasted with education practices in the early and mid-to-late twentieth century, and the emergence of a new conceptualization of childhood is explored. Taking education as a central component to the contemporary experience of growing up, the book charts the ways in which mental disorders have become commonplace in childhood and youth, from birth through to college and university, but also offers examples of where professionals have refused to pathologise children’s behaviour. The book examines the extent of the influence of psychopathology on the lives of children and young people, as well as the practices that infiltrate education and the possibilities for alternative educational responses that negate the diagnosis of mental disorder. Psychopathology at School is a must read for anyone concerned about the growing influence of psychopathology in education and will be of particular interest to educated readers and to scholars, students and professionals in education, psychiatry, psychology, child studies, youth studies, nursing, social work and sociology.

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Author:   Valerie Harwood (The University of Sydney, Australia) ,  Julie Allan (University of Birmingham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9781138652378


ISBN 10:   1138652377
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   21 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Mental Disorders in School 3. The Risk Factors? 'Race', Social Class and Gender 4. From the Cradle to the Crèche 5. Primary School 6. Secondary School 7. Colleges and Universities 8. Professionals' Interruptions 9. Conclusion - Learning, Teaching and the Thrill of Pedagogy

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Valerie Harwood is a Future Fellow with the Australian Research Council and Associate Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Julie Allan is Professor of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Borås, Sweden.

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