Caroline Sarojini Hart
Biographic Data
| ID | 643957 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Sarojini Hart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline Sarojini |
| FAMILY NAME | Hart |
| SIGNATURE | HART C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3732-5947 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Nurturing the Capabilities to Aspire, Voice and Realise Aspirations: A Theoretical Analysis of the Transformative Potential of the National Health Service in England
This article contributes to understanding the transformative potential of institutions, such as the National Health Service in England (NHS), to engage those they serve, nurturing their aspirations and capabilities to support human flourishing. In pursuing a “fully engaged” scenario as described by Derek Wanless in Securing our Future Health (2002), an argument is made for nurturing the capabilities to aspire, voice and realise aspirations. The f…
It takes a lot of brain space’: Understanding young carers’ lives in England and the implications for policy and practice to reduce inappropriate and excessive care work
This qualitative study, undertaken in England, explored young carers’ perspectives on the nature of their caring responsibilities. The findings are significant, particularly in the context of England's Care Act 2014, which seeks to prevent children engaging in ‘excessive’ or ‘inappropriate’ caring. Our research placed children at the heart of the debate on what constitutes appropriate care. The findings raise key questions regarding effective imp…
The capability approach and school food education and culture in England: ‘Gingerbread Men Ain’t Gonna Get Me Very Far’
This study examines the role of school food education and school food culture in England and their potential to support pupils’ capabilities to adopt health protecting and promoting behaviours. Drawing on Amartya Sen’s capability approach, and Susan Michie’s COM-B model, the research was conducted for the Food Education Learning Landscape project. Methods included national surveys of food teachers (N = 1503), senior school leaders and class teach…
Disruptive knowledge: Sociologies of educational spaces and processes
Learning, teaching, ‘searching’, and ‘healing’: Conceptual and practical challenges for education
A capability approach to children's well‐being, agency and participatory rights in education
This article applies a capability approach to examine how children's agency, well‐being and participation rights can be developed and supported in educational settings. We introduce Amartya Sen's concepts of agency and well‐being freedoms and achievements to highlight the tensions and trade‐offs between risks to children's agency and well‐being in and through educational processes. We draw upon selected empirical examples to illustrate this relat…
What does it mean to work in education today? Professional learning, doing and being
The first three articles in this open issue of International Studies in Sociology of Education foreground constantly evolving professional roles in the shifting sands of education, from early years
Miseducation: Inequality, education and the working classes
Reviewed by Caroline Sarojini Hart, Sol Gamsu and Evgenia DermitzakiDiane Reay’s Miseducation focuses on the historical development and contemporary practices of education in England. She gives a s
Understanding cultural dissonance and the development of social identities
In this first open issue of volume 27 for 2018, we have selected a complementary set of papers that together foreground debates around the construction of social identities and experiences of cultu
Twenty-five years of International Studies in Sociology of Education: Looking ahead
International perspectives on social inequalities, excellence and aspiration in education
The travels and challenges of theory and practice in education
One of the driving aims of International Studies in Sociology of Education is to foster a scholarly space in which new thinking on educational theory and practice can be presented, debated and adva
How Do Aspirations Matter
This paper explores the complex roles of aspirations in relation to human development, drawing upon the capability approach. The paper examines the notion of feasibility of aspirations and the impact feasibility judgements have on aspiration formation and aspiration realization, in terms of both capabilities and functionings. In particular this paper extends existing theory by building on Hart's dynamic multi-dimensional model of aspiration and H…
Agency and Participation in Childhood and Youth: International Applications of the Capability Approach in Schools and Beyond
Agency and Participation in Childhood and Youth presents new critical engagement in conceptualising the roles of youth agency and participation in education, development and the pursuit of social justice. Theoretically, the book is framed within the paradigm of the capability approach, initially developed by Nobel Laureate, Amartya Sen, and further differentiated by others, including philosopher, Martha Nussbaum. The book unravels the complex rel…
Aspirations, Education and Social Justice: Applying Sen and Bourdieu
Caroline Hart presents a radical new paradigm for thinking about the role of education in the development of human flourishing. The book applies Amartya Sen's capability approach to understanding the nature of aspirations in the policy context of strategies to widen participation in higher education. Sen's work is synthesised with key concepts from Pierre Bourdieu to develop a framework for understanding the processes through which young people a…
Closing the Capabilities Gap: Renegotiating Social Justice for the Young
Additional informationNotes on contributorsCaroline Sarojini HartDr Caroline Sarojini Hart is with the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK
Children and the Capability Approach
Additional informationNotes on contributorsCaroline Sarojini Hart Dr Caroline Sarojini Hart is with the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK
Not for profit: Why democracy needs the humanities
Quo Vadis? The Capability Space and New Directions for the Philosophy of Educational Research
How Do Aspirations Matter
This paper explores the complex roles of aspirations in relation to human development, drawing upon the capability approach. The paper examines the notion of feasibility of aspirations and the impact feasibility judgements have on aspiration formation and aspiration realization, in terms of both capabilities and functionings. In particular this paper extends existing theory by building on Hart's dynamic multi-dimensional model of aspiration and H…
Miseducation: Inequality, education and the working classes
Reviewed by Caroline Sarojini Hart, Sol Gamsu and Evgenia DermitzakiDiane Reay’s Miseducation focuses on the historical development and contemporary practices of education in England. She gives a s
Quo Vadis? The Capability Space and New Directions for the Philosophy of Educational Research
Quo Vadis? The Capability Space and New Directions for the Philosophy of Educational Research
Closing the Capabilities Gap: Renegotiating Social Justice for the Young
Additional informationNotes on contributorsCaroline Sarojini HartDr Caroline Sarojini Hart is with the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK
Children and the Capability Approach
Additional informationNotes on contributorsCaroline Sarojini Hart Dr Caroline Sarojini Hart is with the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK
Not for profit: Why democracy needs the humanities
Aspirations, Education and Social Justice: Applying Sen and Bourdieu
Caroline Hart presents a radical new paradigm for thinking about the role of education in the development of human flourishing. The book applies Amartya Sen's capability approach to understanding the nature of aspirations in the policy context of strategies to widen participation in higher education. Sen's work is synthesised with key concepts from Pierre Bourdieu to develop a framework for understanding the processes through which young people a…
Agency and Participation in Childhood and Youth: International Applications of the Capability Approach in Schools and Beyond
Agency and Participation in Childhood and Youth presents new critical engagement in conceptualising the roles of youth agency and participation in education, development and the pursuit of social justice. Theoretically, the book is framed within the paradigm of the capability approach, initially developed by Nobel Laureate, Amartya Sen, and further differentiated by others, including philosopher, Martha Nussbaum. The book unravels the complex rel…
How Do Aspirations Matter
This paper explores the complex roles of aspirations in relation to human development, drawing upon the capability approach. The paper examines the notion of feasibility of aspirations and the impact feasibility judgements have on aspiration formation and aspiration realization, in terms of both capabilities and functionings. In particular this paper extends existing theory by building on Hart's dynamic multi-dimensional model of aspiration and H…
Twenty-five years of International Studies in Sociology of Education: Looking ahead
International perspectives on social inequalities, excellence and aspiration in education
The travels and challenges of theory and practice in education
One of the driving aims of International Studies in Sociology of Education is to foster a scholarly space in which new thinking on educational theory and practice can be presented, debated and adva
A capability approach to children's well‐being, agency and participatory rights in education
This article applies a capability approach to examine how children's agency, well‐being and participation rights can be developed and supported in educational settings. We introduce Amartya Sen's concepts of agency and well‐being freedoms and achievements to highlight the tensions and trade‐offs between risks to children's agency and well‐being in and through educational processes. We draw upon selected empirical examples to illustrate this relat…
What does it mean to work in education today? Professional learning, doing and being
The first three articles in this open issue of International Studies in Sociology of Education foreground constantly evolving professional roles in the shifting sands of education, from early years
Miseducation: Inequality, education and the working classes
Reviewed by Caroline Sarojini Hart, Sol Gamsu and Evgenia DermitzakiDiane Reay’s Miseducation focuses on the historical development and contemporary practices of education in England. She gives a s
Understanding cultural dissonance and the development of social identities
In this first open issue of volume 27 for 2018, we have selected a complementary set of papers that together foreground debates around the construction of social identities and experiences of cultu
Disruptive knowledge: Sociologies of educational spaces and processes
Learning, teaching, ‘searching’, and ‘healing’: Conceptual and practical challenges for education
The capability approach and school food education and culture in England: ‘Gingerbread Men Ain’t Gonna Get Me Very Far’
This study examines the role of school food education and school food culture in England and their potential to support pupils’ capabilities to adopt health protecting and promoting behaviours. Drawing on Amartya Sen’s capability approach, and Susan Michie’s COM-B model, the research was conducted for the Food Education Learning Landscape project. Methods included national surveys of food teachers (N = 1503), senior school leaders and class teach…
It takes a lot of brain space’: Understanding young carers’ lives in England and the implications for policy and practice to reduce inappropriate and excessive care work
This qualitative study, undertaken in England, explored young carers’ perspectives on the nature of their caring responsibilities. The findings are significant, particularly in the context of England's Care Act 2014, which seeks to prevent children engaging in ‘excessive’ or ‘inappropriate’ caring. Our research placed children at the heart of the debate on what constitutes appropriate care. The findings raise key questions regarding effective imp…
Nurturing the Capabilities to Aspire, Voice and Realise Aspirations: A Theoretical Analysis of the Transformative Potential of the National Health Service in England
This article contributes to understanding the transformative potential of institutions, such as the National Health Service in England (NHS), to engage those they serve, nurturing their aspirations and capabilities to support human flourishing. In pursuing a “fully engaged” scenario as described by Derek Wanless in Securing our Future Health (2002), an argument is made for nurturing the capabilities to aspire, voice and realise aspirations. The f…
Sociology (19 works) · Political science (13 works) · Social science (11 works) · Pedagogy (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Higher education (7 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (6 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (5 works)