DAVID MURPHY david.murphy@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Psychology and Education
Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers: A study of social care workers’ attitudes towards boarding schools to care for and educate children in need
Murphy, David; Oliver, Mary; Pourhabib, Sanam; Adkins, Michael; Hodgen, Jeremy
Authors
MARY OLIVER Mary.Oliver@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Science Education
Sanam Pourhabib
MICHAEL ADKINS MICHAEL.ADKINS@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Senior Research Fellow
Jeremy Hodgen
Abstract
It has been proposed that boarding schools in England can be used to provide a stable education and care environment for vulnerable children in need and the government is expanding their use. However, for vulnerable children to be placed in boarding schools social workers will need to be willing to contemplate the boarding as a viable care option. In this study we interviewed (N=21) social care practitioners including Directors, senior and middle managers, frontline social workers, social worker-academics and family support workers who work with vulnerable children. Using thematic analysis of the transcribed interviews, seven major themes identified a range of issues and concerns held by social care workers about placing vulnerable children in boarding schools. We present these themes and consider the issues that will have to be addressed prior to changes in policy and practice. The study concludes that many of those within the social work profession are unlikely to consider boarding as an intervention for children in need. Further research in this area is a matter of urgency.
Citation
Murphy, D., Oliver, M., Pourhabib, S., Adkins, M., & Hodgen, J. (2020). Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers: A study of social care workers’ attitudes towards boarding schools to care for and educate children in need. British Educational Research Journal, 46(6), 1300-1320. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3633
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 20, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | May 19, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020-12 |
Deposit Date | Jul 6, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 13, 2020 |
Journal | British Educational Research Journal |
Print ISSN | 0141-1926 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-3518 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 1300-1320 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3633 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4356015 |
Publisher URL | https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/berj.3633 |
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