What is missing in policy discourses about school exclusions?

Barry Down; Anna Sullivan; Neil Tippett; Bruce Johnson; Jamie Manolev; Janean Robinson

doi:10.1080/17508487.2024.2312878

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What is missing in policy discourses about school exclusions?

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What is missing in policy discourses about school exclusions?

Barry Down, Anna Sullivan, Neil Tippett, Bruce Johnson, Jamie Manolev and Janean Robinson

Critical studies in education, Vol.65(5), pp.494-512

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2024.2312878

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critical policy analysis

discourses

exclusions

School discipline

social inequality

suspensions

Education policy, sociology and philosophy

Inclusive education

Equity and access to education

This article reports on a critical policy analysis of discourses related to school exclusions. The management of problematic student behaviour is one of the intractable problems facing education systems today. Despite being ineffective, school suspensions and exclusions are commonly used in many countries as a discipline strategy to manage student behaviour. We adopted a critical policy analysis approach in a case in Australia to examine what is missing from policy discourses about school discipline. We identified nine silences in the policy discourses. The aim is to better understand the ways in which common-sense policy discourses construct the problem of disaffected students and in the process make invisible the deep-rooted causes of student exclusions and their effects. These key silences open up new foci for policy discourses, which would enhance a deeper understanding of what is involved in addressing complex social problems like school suspensions and exclusions.

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Title: What is missing in policy discourses about school exclusions?
Authors/Creators: Barry Down (Author)
Anna Sullivan (Author) - University of South Australia
Neil Tippett (Author) - University of South Australia
Bruce Johnson (Author) - University of South Australia
Jamie Manolev (Author) - University of South Australia
Janean Robinson (Author)
Publication Details: Critical studies in education, Vol.65(5), pp.494-512
Publisher: Routledge
Number of pages: 19
Grant note: Australian Research Council: DP210100116
This work was supported by the Australian Research Council [DP210100116].
Identifiers: 991005747145307891
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Citation topics: 6 Social Sciences; 6.11 Education & Educational Research; 6.11.345 Educational Reform
Web Of Science research areas: Education & Educational Research
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