Power and control over children and young people

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
Imelda Charles-Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
And Control

Analysis of the Slovak Discourses of Sex Education Inspired by Michel Foucault

Human Affairs ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Lukšík ◽  
Dagmar Marková
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Basic Ability ◽  
And Control

Analysis of the Slovak Discourses of Sex Education Inspired by Michel FoucaultThe aims, rules and topics of sex education exist on paper, but have yet to be implemented in Slovakia. Although the curriculum creates the illusion of openness in this field, the silence on sex education in schools provides space for the alternative, "more valuable" quiet discourses of religious education. Under these conditions, it is silence that is proving to be an advantageous strategy for the majority of those who should be voicing their opinions. Instead, they listen and control. By contrast, those who do speak out, children and young people, do not in fact, speak to them, but mainly among themselves. Those who are silent and listen are not prepared for the younger generations confessions on sexuality, which are mostly taken from the liberal area of media, especially the internet. The silent frequently lack, at the very least, the basic ability to react and debate in this changed situation. Those who are involved in the discussion on sexuality in Slovakia are those who should listen and supervise.

scholarly journals Invisible pedagogies in home education: Freedom, power and control

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-27
Author(s):  
Amber Joy Fensham-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Values ◽  
Home Schooling ◽  
Home Education ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Pedagogic Practices ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Control ◽  
Socially Situated

Abstract Home-schooling, or ‘elective home education’ (EHE) as it is more commonly known in the UK, invites contestation and controversies. Drawing on a UK-wide study of 242 families this paper explores a collection of EHE pedagogic practices within the socially situated contexts of doing everyday life. Through an application of Bernsteinian ideas, the findings surface some of the ways in which invisible pedagogies afforded children greater autonomy over the sequence and pace over their learning. It also considers how community development has helped some parents to harness the forms of capital which extend and remake new structures to strengthen the transmission of their social values. Contrary to the messages of EHE advocates, it shows that approaches inspired by unschooling are not devoid of power and control altogether. In considering the experiences of children and young people, the findings highlight the relative challenges and opportunities of transitioning from invisible pedagogies to formal qualifications in a context where access to public examinations can be difficult to achieve. Considering the tensions that these pedagogies reveal in the socialisation towards individualism, the author suggests solutions for questioning, challenging and bridging divides.

scholarly journals Mobility, surveillance and control of children and young people in the everyday: perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 114-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Porter ◽  
Kate Hampshire ◽  
Alister Munthali ◽  
Elsbeth Robson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Research With Children ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Independent Travel ◽  
And Control

Surveillance of children and young people in non-Western contexts has received little attention in the literature.   In this paper we draw principally on our research in one African country, Malawi, to examine the ways in which their independent travel is shaped by  (usually adult-directed) surveillance and control in diverse urban and rural contexts.   Surveillance is interpreted very broadly, because our empirical data indicates a range of practices whereby a close watch is kept over children as they move around their community and travel out to other locations.  In some cases we suggest that surveillance of children and young people becomes internalized self-surveillance, such that no external social control is required to police their movements.Our evidence, from eight research sites, brings together a wide range of source material, including findings from intensive qualitative research with children and adults (in-depth interviews, accompanied walks, focus groups, life histories) and a follow-up questionnaire survey administered to children aged 7 - 18 years [N=1,003].  Although many of the children in our study attend school,  local economic circumstances in both urban and rural areas of  Malawi commonly require children’s participation from an early age in a much broader range of productive and reproductive work activities than is usual in Western contexts, with corresponding impact on daily patterns of movement.  Children may have to travel substantial distances for school, in support of family livelihoods, and for other purposes (including social events): the necessity for independent travel is common, and frequently raises concerns among parents and other adults in their communities such that surveillance is considered essential.  This is achieved principally by encouraging travel in groups of children. We show how young people’s independent travel  is mediated by (urban and rural) locational context, time of day, age and, in particular, by gender, and how adult efforts at surveillance may help shape resistances in the interstitial spaces which mobility itself provides.

scholarly journals Young People and Urban Public Space in Australia-Creating Pathways to Community, Belonging and Inclusion

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike DEE
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Community Belonging ◽  
Monitoring And Surveillance ◽  
Space Environments ◽  
And Control ◽  
Post Industrial

Cities and urban spaces around the world are changing rapidly from their origins in the industrialising world to a post-industrial, hard wired surveillance landscape. This kind of monitoring and surveillance connects with attempts by civic authorities to rebrand urban public spaces into governable and predictable arenas of consumption. In this context of control, a number of groups are excluded from public space, such as some children and young people. This article discusses the surveillance, governance and control of public space environments used by children and young people in particular, and the capacity for their ongoing displacement and marginality, as well as possible greater inclusion.

Protection or Attack? Young People Carrying Knives and Dangerous Implements

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jac Brown ◽  
Jeanna Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Street Youth ◽  
The Past ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
And Control ◽  
School Youth

AbstractThe incidence and circumstances of young people carrying knives and dangerous implements was investigated through surveys conducted with 150 ‘street youth’ and 184 ‘school youth’ in Sydney. It was found that a significant proportion of both samples carry and use knives/dangerous implements and that these implements had been used within the last week by many respondents. These implements are most commonly carried by young people between the ages of 13 and 14 years. A significant proportion of the sample reported having been threatened with knives/dangerous implements in the past. Police involvement was reported for both samples, but there was a higher proportion reported for the street sample. Young people report carrying knives/dangerous implements for safety, pressures from within and outside themselves, and to exert power and control over others. The research suggests that more emphasis needs to be placed on making young people feel safer in the community in order to address this problem.

scholarly journals Scores of the Cleft Hearing, Appearance and Speech Questionnaire (CHASQ) in Swedish Participants With Cleft lip and/or Cleft Palate and a Control Population

2020 ◽  
pp. 105566562095229
Author(s):  
Mia Stiernman ◽  
Kristina Klintö ◽  
Martin Persson ◽  
Magnus Becker
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Cleft Palate ◽  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Control Population ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Sports Club ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Control

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether there was any difference in scores of the Cleft Hearing, Appearance and Speech Questionnaire (CHASQ) between patients with cleft lip and/or cleft palate (CL/P) and a control population. The second aim was to compare CL/P and control population scores in this study with a British norm CL/P population. Design: Single-site, cross-sectional study with an age-matched control population. Setting: Participants were recruited from a hospital, a school, and a sports club. They answered the CHASQ in the hospital or at home. Participants: Sixty-four participants with CL/P (7-19 years of age) and a control population of 56 participants without CL/P (9-20 years of age). Main Outcome Measure: CHASQ. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in satisfaction with cleft-related features between the CL/P and the control population. Participants with CL/P were significantly more satisfied with non-cleft-related features than the control population. Cleft Hearing, Appearance and Speech Questionnaire scores were also similar to earlier established British normative data of a CL/P population. Conclusion: The results indicated that children and young people with CL/P were as satisfied with their appearance, hearing, and speech as children and young people without CL/P. Swedish CHASQ scores were also similar to British scores.

scholarly journals Organisational Social Mobility Programmes as Mechanisms of Power and Control

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702199055
Author(s):  
Louise Ashley
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Subject Position ◽  
Disciplinary Power ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Core ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Control

Successive UK governments have blamed poor rates of relative social mobility on the tendency of elite occupations to exclude according to social class. Organisational programmes implemented in response aim to identify talented young people from less privileged socio-economic backgrounds, help them identify as ‘legitimate’ professionals, and equip them with relevant knowledge and skills. Based on interviews with 35 participants in one programme and drawing on Foucauldian perspectives on governmentality and disciplinary power, the current study explores how these programmes may reproduce inequalities rather than challenge the status quo. It shows how a dominant discourse of merit invites participants to adopt a subject position that conforms with an idealised professional identity and how they shape their conduct in response. The core contribution is to suggest that social mobility initiatives framed by organisations as mechanisms to empower disadvantaged young people, might be read as expressions of neo-liberal governmentality, unequal power and corporate control.

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