Economic wellbeing: critical reflections upon policy and practice in English primary schools

Gibson, H (2012) 'Economic wellbeing: critical reflections upon policy and practice in English primary schools.' Journal of Curriculum Studies, 44 (5). pp. 631-658.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2012.675357

Abstract

Economic wellbeing has become a collective term used by British governments to signal their concern for levels of materiality where there is childhood poverty; for the need to prepare pupils for employment by teaching them relevant competences and appropriate attitudes; and for the necessity to develop skills for ‘personal financial capability’ in a context where the state’s role diminishes. The paper examines the substance of interviews with 10 English primary school headteachers about their provision for economic wellbeing, reflects upon the tensions and ideological preferences with which they currently have to work, and contemplates the dearth of critical reflection with pupils upon ‘economic alternatives’.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: employment, materiality, economics education, headteachers
Divisions: School of Education
Date Deposited: 31 Jan 2013 15:26
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2022 13:33
ISSN: 0022-0272
URI / Page ID: https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/506
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