2nd Edition

The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education

By Kathryn Ecclestone, Dennis Hayes Copyright 2019
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education confronts the silent ascendancy of a therapeutic ethos across the educational system and into the workplace. Controversial and compelling, Kathryn Ecclestone and Dennis Hayes’ classic text uses a wealth of examples across the education system, from primary schools to university and the workplace, to show how therapeutic education is turning children,... Read more

Foreword; Preface; 1. In an emotional state; 2. The therapeutic primary school; 3. The therapeutic secondary school; 4. The therapeutic further education college; 5. The therapeutic university; 6. The therapeutic workplace; 7. Explaining the emotional state; 8. The therapeutic turn in education: a response to our critics

Biography

Kathryn Ecclestone is Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Dennis Hayes is Professor of Education at the University of Derby and the director of the campaign group Academics for Academic Freedom (AFAF).