Promoting students’ safety and wellbeing : Ethical practice in schools
Journal article
Graham, Anne, Canosa, Antonia, Boyle, Tess, Moore, Tim, Taylor, Nicola, Anderson, Donnah and Robinson, Sally. (2022). Promoting students’ safety and wellbeing : Ethical practice in schools. The Australian Educational Researcher. 50, p. 1477–1496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00567-8
Authors | Graham, Anne, Canosa, Antonia, Boyle, Tess, Moore, Tim, Taylor, Nicola, Anderson, Donnah and Robinson, Sally |
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Abstract | Although ‘child safety’ is now a national policy priority in Australia, there is little research exploring the practices in schools that contribute to children and young people’s felt sense of safety and wellbeing. Drawing on a mixed-method Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery project, this article presents findings from interviews with school staff (N = 10), leaders (N = 5) and nine focus groups with students (N = 58), in primary and secondary schools in three Australian states (New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia). We employ relational ethics, recognition theory and the theory of practice architectures to explore practices at school that support student wellbeing and safety. The findings contribute significantly to understanding the ‘bundled’ nature of current practices and the conditions that enable and constrain these. Close attention to these findings is critical as schools seek to operationalise the National Child Safe Principles and refine ongoing safeguarding procedures. The findings have informed the development of an online survey that is currently testing, on a much larger scale, which elements of ethical practice are most positively associated with students’ safety, wellbeing and recognition at school. |
Keywords | schools; students; safety; wellbeing; ethics; practices |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | The Australian Educational Researcher |
Journal citation | 50, p. 1477–1496 |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 0311-6999 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00567-8 |
PubMed ID | 36061956 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85137080744 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC9427083 |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13384-022-00567-8#citeas |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1477–1496 |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 30 Aug 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 08 Aug 2022 |
Deposited | 24 Jul 2023 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | DP180100465 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8z600/promoting-students-safety-and-wellbeing-ethical-practice-in-schools
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