By Anjam Sultana One of the things I am interested in as an educational psychologist, is how educational institutions influence and shape the identities of Black and minority ethnic students. What is taught in school contributes to the sense of belonging and identity that students develop. Knowledge is not neutral and what we choose to … Continue reading “Representation Matters: Decolonising Education”
Month: October 2018
Mental Health: What have educational psychologists got to do with it?
By James Birchwood On World Mental Health Day it seems a good time to consider how the work of educational psychologists can support the mental health of children and young people in our schools. Recent media coverage has focused upon a mental health “crisis” and the lack of services to support children and young people. … Continue reading “Mental Health: What have educational psychologists got to do with it?”
Wakanda, Oakland and the Eighth
By Dr. Michele Perry-Springer What do the fictional African Utopia portrayed in Marvel’s most recent blockbuster, the birth of the Black Panther Movement and the eighth young person to be stabbed to death in the UK have in common? That is the question I asked myself at 4am this morning. As a black educational psychologist … Continue reading “Wakanda, Oakland and the Eighth”