The family as a place of education. Between a school-centred focus on education and family needs

The results of the PISA studies over recent years have revealed the social selectivity of the scholastic education system. Based on my empirical research on families with mentally ill parents, I show how, for the children involved, social exclusion begins before they even start school; how the pare...

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Main Author: Ulrike Loch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana 2016-12-01
Series:Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal
Online Access:https://ojs.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/article/view/55
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spelling doaj-55dc9e41d94048eaab3bb2ea9d69ed952020-11-25T03:28:24ZengUniversity of LjubljanaCenter for Educational Policy Studies Journal1855-97192232-26472016-12-0164The family as a place of education. Between a school-centred focus on education and family needsUlrike Loch The results of the PISA studies over recent years have revealed the social selectivity of the scholastic education system. Based on my empirical research on families with mentally ill parents, I show how, for the children involved, social exclusion begins before they even start school; how the parents' mental illness is seen to affect the children, and what support the families in question require. This shows how important it is to take family coping situations into account in the educational discourse on the child and youth welfare services and formal education systems. https://ojs.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/article/view/55
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