Robson, Jocelyn; Bailey, Bill and Mendick, Heather. 2008. Learners' Emotional and Psychic Responses to Encounters with Learning Support in Further Education and Training. British Journal of Educational Studies, 56(3), pp. 304-322. ISSN 0007-1005 [Article]

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This article investigates the experience of individual learners who have been allocated learning support in the further education system in England. The particular focus is on interviewees’ constructions of their emotional and psychic experiences. Through the adoption of a psycho-social perspective, learners’ tendency to ‘idealise’ their learning support workers is understood as a strategy for coping with the anxiety generated by a range of previous experiences. The implications for policy-makers are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8527.2008.00408.x
Keywords:	learning support, further education, training, learning support workers, emotion, psychosocial
Related URLs:	Author
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Educational Studies
Dates:	Date Event 2008 Published
Funders:	Funding body Funder ID Grant Number Learning and Skills Development Agency UNSPECIFIED
Item ID:	4144
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2010 15:49
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2012 12:54
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/4144

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