ERIC Number: EJ880694
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 14
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Fear in Education
Jackson, Carolyn
Educational Review, v62 n1 p39-52 2010
Fear is powerful and pervasive in English schools and central to many education discourses. However, it has received very little "focussed" attention in the education literature, despite the increasing interest afforded to it in other disciplines. Understanding how fear works is extremely important as fear and wellbeing are inextricably linked. However, currently we are a long way from knowing how fear operates in education. In this paper I argue that it would be beneficial for educational researchers to focus more attention on the diverse and often contradictory ways that fears operate in education, and on how they are constructed and sustained. I illustrate the value of focussing on fear by considering two aspects of secondary education--academic and social "success" and "failure"--and exploring the ways that fears operate in these spheres. (Contains 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Fear, Secondary Education, Failure, Academic Failure, Anxiety, Peer Acceptance, Success, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Emotional Response, Affective Behavior, Foreign Countries, School Culture
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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