Robyn Fitzgerald
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robyn Fitzgerald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Fitzgerald |
| SIGNATURE | FITZGERALD R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Cross University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Conceptualisations of children's wellbeing at school
A large study in Australian schools aimed to elucidate understandings of 'wellbeing' and of factors in school life that contribute to it. Students and teachers understood wellbeing primarily, and holistically, in terms of interpersonal relationships, in contrast to policy documents which mainly focused on 'problem areas' such as mental health. The study also drew on recognition theory as developed by the social philosopher Axel Honneth. Results i…
Supporting children’s mental health in schools
Schools have increasingly been targeted as appropriate sites for mental health promotion and teachers are considered well placed to identify issues concerning students’ social and emotional well-being. Whilst teachers are now expected to be responsive to a wide range of student needs and circumstances, they receive little in their pre-service and subsequent teacher education to adequately prepare them for such realities. This paper reports the fi…
The Changing Status of Children Within Family Law from Vision to Reality
It is almost five years since the previous Coalition government embarked on an agenda for the radical reform of the family law system, with parents the target of the reform agenda and children the espoused beneficiaries. In this article, we argue that little is known about the experience of children in relation to their participation in such decision-making, or about how the amendments are working from their perspective. We look critically at wha…
Supporting Children’s Social and Emotional Well-being
This article argues the importance of ensuring initiatives aimed at improving children’s social and emotional well-being are based on sound participatory principles. The discussion posits links between the recognition of children, dialogic approaches to participation, changing conceptualisations of children and childhood, and children’s well-being. It explores these links in light of one particular initiative, Seasons for Growth (Graham, 1996, 20…
Something Amazing I Guess”
This paper reports on a small-scale, qualitative study on children's perspectives about their participation in decision-making processes regarding supervised contact. The paper begins with an overview of the study and a summary of findings in relation to four key research questions framed around the idea of children having a say, that is, children's views and perspectives of their participation in family law decision-making processes. These key q…
Progressing children's participation
Children's participation is increasingly ambiguous and contested. Such complexity emerges in response to its emancipatory possibilities as well as unresolved tensions and power practices. The authors argue that closer attention must now be given to the interpretative milieu of children's participation, that is, to the act of dialogue that has emerged as central to the participatory process. They point to the need for a critical examination of dia…
Children's participation in research
This article draws attention to a number of critical issues that exist in the current Australian research context which simultaneously enable and constrain children's participation in research. These include prevailing understandings of children and childhood, the emerging research assessment environment and the ethical frameworks that regulate children's involvement in qualitative research. The discussion is framed by a number of questions that …
Progressing children's participation
Children's participation is increasingly ambiguous and contested. Such complexity emerges in response to its emancipatory possibilities as well as unresolved tensions and power practices. The authors argue that closer attention must now be given to the interpretative milieu of children's participation, that is, to the act of dialogue that has emerged as central to the participatory process. They point to the need for a critical examination of dia…
Conceptualisations of children's wellbeing at school
A large study in Australian schools aimed to elucidate understandings of 'wellbeing' and of factors in school life that contribute to it. Students and teachers understood wellbeing primarily, and holistically, in terms of interpersonal relationships, in contrast to policy documents which mainly focused on 'problem areas' such as mental health. The study also drew on recognition theory as developed by the social philosopher Axel Honneth. Results i…
Something Amazing I Guess”
This paper reports on a small-scale, qualitative study on children's perspectives about their participation in decision-making processes regarding supervised contact. The paper begins with an overview of the study and a summary of findings in relation to four key research questions framed around the idea of children having a say, that is, children's views and perspectives of their participation in family law decision-making processes. These key q…
Children's participation in research
This article draws attention to a number of critical issues that exist in the current Australian research context which simultaneously enable and constrain children's participation in research. These include prevailing understandings of children and childhood, the emerging research assessment environment and the ethical frameworks that regulate children's involvement in qualitative research. The discussion is framed by a number of questions that …
Progressing children's participation
Children's participation is increasingly ambiguous and contested. Such complexity emerges in response to its emancipatory possibilities as well as unresolved tensions and power practices. The authors argue that closer attention must now be given to the interpretative milieu of children's participation, that is, to the act of dialogue that has emerged as central to the participatory process. They point to the need for a critical examination of dia…
Children's participation in research
This article draws attention to a number of critical issues that exist in the current Australian research context which simultaneously enable and constrain children's participation in research. These include prevailing understandings of children and childhood, the emerging research assessment environment and the ethical frameworks that regulate children's involvement in qualitative research. The discussion is framed by a number of questions that …
Supporting children’s mental health in schools
Schools have increasingly been targeted as appropriate sites for mental health promotion and teachers are considered well placed to identify issues concerning students’ social and emotional well-being. Whilst teachers are now expected to be responsive to a wide range of student needs and circumstances, they receive little in their pre-service and subsequent teacher education to adequately prepare them for such realities. This paper reports the fi…
The Changing Status of Children Within Family Law from Vision to Reality
It is almost five years since the previous Coalition government embarked on an agenda for the radical reform of the family law system, with parents the target of the reform agenda and children the espoused beneficiaries. In this article, we argue that little is known about the experience of children in relation to their participation in such decision-making, or about how the amendments are working from their perspective. We look critically at wha…
Supporting Children’s Social and Emotional Well-being
This article argues the importance of ensuring initiatives aimed at improving children’s social and emotional well-being are based on sound participatory principles. The discussion posits links between the recognition of children, dialogic approaches to participation, changing conceptualisations of children and childhood, and children’s well-being. It explores these links in light of one particular initiative, Seasons for Growth (Graham, 1996, 20…
Something Amazing I Guess”
This paper reports on a small-scale, qualitative study on children's perspectives about their participation in decision-making processes regarding supervised contact. The paper begins with an overview of the study and a summary of findings in relation to four key research questions framed around the idea of children having a say, that is, children's views and perspectives of their participation in family law decision-making processes. These key q…
Conceptualisations of children's wellbeing at school
A large study in Australian schools aimed to elucidate understandings of 'wellbeing' and of factors in school life that contribute to it. Students and teachers understood wellbeing primarily, and holistically, in terms of interpersonal relationships, in contrast to policy documents which mainly focused on 'problem areas' such as mental health. The study also drew on recognition theory as developed by the social philosopher Axel Honneth. Results i…
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works)