On the Self: Discourses of Mental Health and Education

by Julie Allan and Valerie Harwood

Book Overview

This book examines the emergence of psychologised discourses of the self in education and considers their effects on children and young people, on relationships both in and out of school and on educational practices. It undertakes a Foucauldian genealogy of the discourses of the self in education in order to scrutinise the 'focal points of experience' for children and young people. Part One of the book offers a critical analysis of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031109988
• ISBN13: 9783031109980
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"