Overview

This open access book explores schooling from the perspective of children via data from a longitudinal life-history study. It questions whether schooling creates an environment where all children to flourish; or whether a policy focus on attainment in mathematics and English hinders some children’s wellbeing and learning. By drawing on the children’s life-history narratives and their ideas, the chapters also portray children’s realistic suggestions for practices that meet the needs of diverse children and strengthen their comprehensive wellbeing and learning within schooling.

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Author:   Eleanore Hargreaves ,  Denise Buchanan ,  Laura Quick
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783031694479

ISBN 10:   3031694473
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   16 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introductory chapter: life-history methodology used in the Children’s Life-histories In Primary Schools (CLIPS) study.- CHAPTER 2: Imagining schooling as a positive experience.- CHAPTER 3: Social justice as parity of participation: Fraser’s theory.- CHAPTER 4: Wellbeing.- CHAPTER 5: Motivational Orientations: Watkins’ theory with Ryan and Deci’s theories.- CHAPTER 6: The life-histories.- CHAPTER 7:  Sense of Competence and CLIPS children’s experiences of the policy focus on mathematics and English .- CHAPTER 8: Sense of Agency and status-subordination.- CHAPTER 9: Relatedness for wellbeing.- CHAPTER 10: Imagining schooling as a positive experience: conclusions and practical recommendations CHAPTER 9. Imagining schooling as a positive experience: conclusions and practical recommendation.

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Eleanore Hargraves is Professor of Learning and Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education and Society (Institute of Education), University College London, UK. Denise Buchanan is Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Education at the Faculty of Education and Society (Institute of Education), University College London, UK.  Laura Quick is Honorary Research Fellow at the Faculty of Education and Society (Institute of Education), University College London, UK.

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