What about me?’ Stories of the educational experiences of care-experienced children and young people in a Scottish local authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11942011 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniela Mercieca (0000-0001-6609-1302, Midlothian Educational Psychological Service; University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, corresponding author), Duncan P Mercieca (0000-0003-4071-9522, University of Dundee), Leisa Randall (Midlothian Educational Psychological Service, Scotland, UK) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-190 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Adoption & Fostering (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5759 • E-ISSN: 1740-469X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/03085759211011736 |
| OpenAlex | W3179591245 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
This qualitative study explores the educational experiences of looked after children and young people in one Scottish local authority. The preoccupations of government are academic achievement and school attendance, but these are not the prime concerns of the children, carers and professionals involved. Moreover, they can be both enhanced and restricted by the background characteristics and care situations of the young people and the responses of schools to their needs and behaviour. Five influential factors emerged from interviews and focus groups with professionals, carers and young people: behaviour; school attendance; carers as educators; friendships; and communication between home and school. Each of them is discussed with extended quotations that convey the voices of participants
Attendance · Focus group · Local authority · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family and Disability Support Research · Family Support in Illness · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |