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dc.contributor.authorMacfarlane, Kym
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:43:57Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:43:57Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-07-23T07:24:59Z
dc.identifier.issn01425692
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01425690903101056
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30291
dc.description.abstractParent engagement in schooling has long been held as a vital component of the successful navigation of the schooling process and, consequently, governments often invite such engagement via policy implementation. However, at times, contestation arises about parent engagement, with some parents seemingly 'crossing the line' when attempting to be involved in their children's schooling. This paper investigates the possibility of parent engagement in schooling in Queensland, Australia, conceptualising it as a game of social and systemic practice. The author examines this notion using an example of contestation between parents at a regional government school and the education authority. Policy directives about parent engagement are explored, with the rhetoric of such policy applied to the example in question. The work of Bourdieu and Foucault is used to argue that the invitation to parents to engage is framed and thus often misrecognised, resulting in unintended conflictual relationships between parents and governing authorities.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom563
dc.relation.ispartofpageto576
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Sociology of Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume30
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology of Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist Studies in Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160809
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1303
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1608
dc.titleNavigating a treacherous game: conceptualising parental engagement in contemporary Queensland schooling
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Human Services and Social Work
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMacfarlane, Kym M.


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