Supporting ‘Slow Renewal’: Developments in Extended Education in High-Poverty Neighbourhoods in England

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Abstract

This paper explores how a small but growing number of schools in England are gradually extending their roles to act as, what I term, agents of ‘slow renewal’: supporting long-term change in children’s complex family and community environments, through a series of strategically-aligned, small-scale, locally-bespoke actions, intentionally planned to bring about incremental change. An empirical illustration of one such school is presented and its core features explored via four core concepts: socio-ecological perspectives on children’s outcomes, soft-systems change, assets-based development, and liminal space. Through this, the paper contributes a set of integrated conceptual principles on which schools working to support slow renewal can act and which challenge the values of market-driven education systems more generally.
Original languageEnglish
JournalIJREE - International Journal for Research on Extended Education
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 20 Apr 2021

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