Derek Hook

Erica Burman

Anthony Collins

Nhlanhla Mkhize

Peace Kiguwa

Ian Parker

Offers a broad introduction to critical psychology and explores the socio-political contexts of post-apartheid South Africa. This title expands on the theoretical resources usually referred to in the field of critical psychology by providing substantive discussions on Black Consciousness, Post-colonialism and Africanist forms of critique.

Critical Psychology

Revindicar la faceta pedagógica de FANON es poco habitual, sin embargo, sus escritos pueden ser de gran ayuda para el pensamiento educativo en un mundo poscolonial. La exposición erudita y minuciosa que Erica BURMAN realiza de la obra de FANON muestra una amplia diversidad de conexiones intelectuales e implicaciones políticas. La autora aporta ideas sumamente novedosas sobre la raza, el colonialismo, la psicología de las relaciones entre adultos y menores, y las múltiples formas de entender la infancia. Raewyn CONNELL, profesora emérita, autora de Schools & Social Justice y Southern Theory. La innovadora interpretación que Erica BURMAN hace en el "niño como método" se asienta en las ideas de Frantz FANON sobre el racismo, la opresión y el poder transformador del individuo y la resistencia social. El trabajo de BURMAN constituye una importante aportación a la interpretación de la obra de FANON y sus implicaciones radicales para los estudiosos de la infancia y la educación. Irene L. GENDZIER, profesora emérita, Departamento de Ciencia Política, Universidad de Boston, autora de Frantz Fanon: A Critical Study. Resulta imprescindible cuestionar la educación a escala global. El "niño como método", una idea inspirada en Frantz FANON, es una intervención indispensable para vislumbrar otros futuros posibles para el mundo, la tierra, y el planeta. Kuan-Hsing CHEN, profesor de Investigación Social y Estudios Culturales, Universidad Nacional de Chengchi, Taiwán, autor de Asia as Method: Towards De-Imperialization. El "niño como método" ofrece un enfoque muy novedoso y de gran interés para los estudios poscoloniales interesados en la educación. La interpretación novedosa del trabajo de Fanon, con la importancia que concede a cuestiones relacionadas con la infancia, hace de este libro una aportación extraordinaria para la investigación ética y políticamente comprometida con la educación, como parte de un proyecto de cambio subjetivo y social más amplio. Yoonmi LEE, profesora del Departamento de Educación. Universidad Hongik, Seúl, Corea.

Fanon y Educación. El "niño como método"

First published in 1993, this book provides clear illustrations of discourse analytic work and empirical critiques of the traditional psychological approaches. Drawing on a range of examples, the contributors argue that identity, deeply felt emotions, prejudice, and attitudes to social issues are created by the language that describes them rather than being intrinsic to the individual. In illustrating the variety of methods available through their studies of punk identity, sexual jealousy, images of nature, political talk, sexism in radio, education case conferences and occupational choice, the contributors provide a challenging presentation of discourse analysis in a psychological context.

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Discourse Analytic Research

In this completely revised and updated edition, Deconstructing Developmental Psychology interrogates the assumptions and practices surrounding the psychology of child development, providing a critical evaluation of the role and contribution of developmental psychology within social practice. Since the second edition was published, there have been many major changes. This book addresses how shifts in advanced capitalism have produced new understandings of children, and a new (and more punitive) range of institutional responses to children. It engages with the paradoxes of childhood in an era when young adults are increasingly economically dependent on their families, and in a political context of heightened insecurity. The new edition includes an updated review of developments in psychological theory (in attachment, evolutionary psychology, theory of mind, cultural-historical approaches), as well as updating and reflecting upon the changed focus on fathers and fathering. It offers new perspectives on the connections between Piaget and Vygotsky and now connects much more closely with discussions from the sociology of childhood and critical educational research. Coverage has been expanded to include more material on child rights debates, and a new chapter addresses practice dilemmas around child protection, which engages even more with the "raced" and gendered effects of current policies involving children. This engaging and accessible text provides key resources to inform better professional practice in social work, education and health contexts. It offers critical insights into the politics and procedures that have shaped developmental psychological knowledge. It will be essential reading for anyone working with children, or concerned with policies around children and families. It was also be of interest to students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across a range of professional and practitioner groups, as well as parents and policy makers.

Deconstructing Developmental Psychology

Katherine Runswick-Cole

Geoff Bunn

Dan Goodley

John Daniels

Rebecca Lawthom

Paul Duckett

Peter Banister

Judith Sixsmith

Sophie Smailes

Carol Tindall

Pauline Whelan

Providing an accessible introduction to qualitative methods, this book combines a solid grounding in the theory behind research methods, with a practical guide to conducting qualitative investigations, and a critical assessment of these methods. Thoroughly revised, the new edition reflects the changes that have taken place in research methods in recent years and features a new three part layout, with the individual sections covering: Orientations – broad considerations about qualitative research Methodologies – includes worked examples of major different qualitative research approaches: observation, ethnography, interviewing, personal construct, psychosocial analysis, narrative enquiry and historical analyses Representations – a guide to writing up qualitative research, with an emphasis on reflexivity and ethics The new edition covers the BPS syllabus for qualitative methods and includes new chapters on: Phenomenology Psychosocial analysis Narrative inquiry Future directions for qualitative research Emerging forms of representation Problems in qualitative research Qualitative Methods in Psychology 2nd edition is key reading for psychology students and professionals who use psychological research methods in their work.

EBOOK: Qualitative Methods In Psychology: A Research Guide

Ann Levett

Amanda Kottler

With the eyes of the world watching South Africa, this book provides a unique window on the transition to democracy through an analysis of the practice of power in language.

Discourse Analysis in South Africa

Culture, Power, and Difference

Tom Billington

Gill Aitken

Pam Alldred

Robin Allwood

Brenda Goldberg

Colleen Heenan

Angel Juan

Gordo Lopez

Debs Mark

Sam Warner

What damage does psychology do to people's lives, and what can we do about it? How do we recognise and support resistance? Written by expert practitioners-researchers, this co-authored book explores how psychology legislates on normality and then uses its "expert" knowledge to turn social marginalisation into pathology. Chapters address a range of cultural and institutional arenas in which inequalities structured around categories of gender, "race", class and sexuality are reproduced by psychological practices: from self-help books to special hospitals, from school exclusions to Gender Identity Clinics, from mothering magazines to mental health services. But far from just documenting the damage, this book identifies the ways in which both professionals and users of services can act to counter psychology's abuses. As practical intervention as well as theoretical critique, Psychology, Discourse and Social Practice offers tangible examples of how change can be effected. This book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in psychology, health, education and welfare disciplines. It is also relevant to social workers and education and health professionals, as well as professional psychologists.

From Regulation To Resistance

Psychology, Discourse And Social Practice

What is childhood and why, and how, did psychology come to be the arbiter of 'correct'or 'normal' development? How do actual lived childhoods connect with theories about child development? In this completely revised and updated edition, Deconstructing Developmental Psychology interrogates the assumptions and practices surrounding the psychology of child development, providing a critical evaluation of the role and contribution of developmental psychology within social practice. In the decade since the first edition was published, there have been many major changes. The role accorded childcare experts and the power of the 'psy complex' have, if anything, intensified. This book addresses how shifts in advanced capitalism have produced new understandings of children, and a new (and more punitive) range of institutional responses to children. It engages with the paradoxes of childhood in an era when young adults are increasingly economically dependent on their families, and in a political context of heightened insecurity. The new edition includes an updated review of developments in psychological theory (in attachment, evolutionary psychology, theory of mind, cultural-historical approaches), as well as updating and reflecting upon the changed focus on fathers and fathering. It offers new perspectives on the connections between Piaget and Vygotsky and now connects much more closely with discussions from the sociology of childhood and critical educational research. Coverage has been expanded to include more material on child rights debates, and a new chapter addresses practice dilemmas around child protection, which engages even more with the "raced" and gendered effects of current policies involving children. This engaging and accessible text provides key resources to inform better professional practice in social work, education and health contexts. It offers critical insights into the politics and procedures that have shaped developmental psychological knowledge. It will be essential reading for anyone working with children, or concerned with policies around children and families. It was also be of interest to students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across a range of professional and practitioner groups, as well as parents and policy makers.

How does developmental psychology connect with the developing world? What do cultural representations tell us about the contemporary politics of childhood? What is the political economy of childhood? This companion volume to Burman's Deconstructing Developmental Psychology helps us to explain why questions around children and childhood - their safety, their sexuality, their interests and abilities, their violence - have so preoccupied the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In this increasingly post-industrial, post-colonial and multicultural world, this book identifies analytical and practical strategies for improving how we think about and work with children. Drawing in particular on feminist and postdevelopment literatures, the book illustrates how and why reconceptualising our notions of individual and human development, including those informing models of children's rights and interests, will foster more just and equitable forms of professional practice with children and their families. The book brings together completely new, previously unpublished material alongside revised and updated papers to present a cutting-edge and integrated perspective to the field. Burman offers a key contribution to a set of urgent debates engaging theory and method, policy and practice across all the disciplines that work with, or lay claim to, children's interests. Developments presents a coherent and persuasive set of arguments about childhood, culture and professional practice so that the sustained focus across a range of disciplinary arenas (psychology, education, cultural studies, child rights, gender studies, development policy and practice, social policy) strengthens the overall argument of each chapter. It will be invaluable to teachers and students in psychology, childhood studies and education as well as researchers in gender studies. It will also be a must-read for professionals working with children and adolescents.

Child, Image, Nation

Developments

Erica Burman

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