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Learners' emotional and psychic responses to encounters with learning support in further education and training

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Robson, Jocelyn
 BB
Bailey, Bill
 MH
Mendick, Heather
British Journal of Educational Studies
Journal · Vol. 56 · Issue 3 · pp. 304-322
Abstract

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. © 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 SES.

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Further education learning support Emotional and psychic responses

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London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom, Institute for Policy Studies in Education, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom
University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom
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