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ERIC Number: EJ1410895
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0951-8398
EISSN: EISSN-1366-5898
From Dialogics to Ecologics: When the How Is the What
Tim Corcoran
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v37 n2 p438-450 2024
Mental health has traditionally been explained via medical knowledge, positioning biological pathology and pharmacological treatments as key in addressing psychiatric and psychological ailments. This article introduces the prospect of ecologics as a guide for communities committed to responding to mental health concerns in respectful and ethical ways. Significant features concerning ecologics are explained across three sections. The first proposes a revised take on ecological systems premised on constructivism arguing that student-centred approaches contribute to the continuation of predominantly individually focussed efforts within contemporary education settings. The second section draws from critical disability studies, critical psychology, and indigenous knowledges to engage with difference differently challenging the presence of ableism in contemporary society. The final section recaps five prospective conditions necessary for the application of ecologics: (i) explicating orientation, (ii) accepting not-knowing, (iii) working transparadigmatically, (iv) affirming relationality and (v) respecting unfinalisability. Ecologics offer schools unorthodox means for going on together.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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