Professor Liesel Ebersöhn presented a keynote paper at the Xth International Congress of International Research, Nevsehir, April 2018

Posted on April 30, 2018

Professor Liesel Ebersöhn read a keynote paper at the Xth International Congress of International Research, Nevsehir, April 2018. She spoke to ‘A resilience, health and well-being lens for education and inequality: what matters for education in schools with high risks and low resources?’ She argued that, as is the case in affluent societies, the health and well-being outcomes of people in unequal societies has relevance for educational research.

 

She drew on four long-term studies on resilience in challenged settings to show how resilience, health and well-being agendas may lead to positive wellbeing outcomes given inequality. She found that emphasis on social support to address poverty-associated risk could benefit collective self-esteem, meaningful attachments and enable functional learning, development and wellbeing spaces for children and young people.

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