Educating the Adolescent: An historical study of curriculum, counselling and citizenship in Australia 1930s -70s

Inventing the "normal' child: Psychology, delinquency, and the promise of early intervention

Katie Wright

2017-12-01

Constructions of normality and abnormality in discussions of young people changed considerably in the early to mid-twentieth centu..

Reframing responsibility in an era of responsibilisation: education, feminist ethics and an ‘idiom of care’

J McLeod

2016-01-01

Late modern social theories and critiques of neoliberalism have emphasised the regulatory and negative aspects of responsibility, ..

Rethinking youth wellbeing: Critical perspectives

K Wright, J McLeod

2015-01-01

This volume offers a critical rethinking of the construct of youth wellbeing, stepping back from taken-for-granted and psychologic..

Transnational expertise, curriculum reform and psychological knowledge in 1930s Australia

J McLeod, K Wright

2013-12-01

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine expert ideas about education for citizenship in 1930s Australia. Drawing on a la..

'Help for Wayward Children': Child Guidance in 1930s Australia

K Wright

2012-01-01

Purpose: Historical studies of the expert management of childhood in Australia often make passing reference to the establishment o..