Critical Educational Psychology

The first textbook of its kind, Critical Educational Psychology is a forward-thinking approach to educational psychology that uses critical perspectives to challenge current ways of thinking and improve practice.

List of Contributors vii Introduction 1 Tom Billington, Antony Williams, Dan Goodley and Tim Corcoran Part I Reflexive Foundationalism: Critical Psychological Resources 13 Chapter 1 Psychology and Education: Unquestionable Goods 15 Ansgar Allen Chapter 2 Ontological Constructionism 26 Tim Corcoran Chapter 3 What Use is a Story? Narrative, in Practice 34 Penny Fogg Chapter 4 Post-Conventionalism: Towards a Productive Critical Educational Psychology 43 Dan Goodley Chapter 5 Psychoanalysis 52 Antony Williams Part II Ethics and Values in Practice 61 Chapter 6 Critical Educational Psychology and Disability Studies: Theoretical, Practical and Empirical Allies 63 Dan Goodley and Tom Billington Chapter 7 Thinking Critically About Professional Ethics 79 Pat Bennett Chapter 8 The Ethical Demand in an Impossible Profession 88 Niall Devlin Chapter 9 EP Becoming Phronimos: The Virtue of Phronêsis in Educational Psychology 99 Daniela Mercieca and Duncan P. Mercieca Chapter 10 Traversing the Expert Non-Expert Binary: The Fluid and Contested Nature of Expertise 108 Catherine Beal Chapter 11 Joining the Q: What Q Methodology Offers to a Critical Educational Psychology 118 Martin Hughes Chapter 12 Are We All Psychologists Now? 127 Antony Williams Part III Putting Critical Psychological Resources to Work in Educational Psychology 135 Chapter 13 Epidemic or Psychiatrisation? Children's Mental Health in a Global Context 137 China Mills Chapter 14 The Teacher's Role in Supporting Student Mental Health and Well-being 146 Helen Monkman Chapter 15 Towards Restorative Justice 157 Victoria Harold Chapter 16 Faith and Educational Psychology: Empowering Islamic Perspectives of Muslim Parents 167 Samana Saxton Chapter 17 Gender, Non-normativity and Young Women who Have Been Excluded 176 Dawn Bradley Chapter 18 A Mindful Educational Psychology Practice 184 Sahaja Davis Chapter 19 Some Reflections on Educational Psychology Practice 192 Majid Khoshkhoo Chapter 20 Finding Attunement and Promoting Positive Attachments 200 Kathryn Pomerantz Chapter 21 Social Theatre for Social Change: The Relevance of Performance Art in Educational Psychology 209 Nick Hammond Chapter 22 'Being' Dyslexic in Higher Education: Reflections on Discourse and Identity 218 Harriet Cameron Chapter 23 A Future? Why Educational Psychologists Should Engage with a Critical Neuroscience 226 Tom Billington Further Reading and Resources 235 Index 237