Reflecting on attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder and disablement in education with Eric Fromm |
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Authors: | Wayne Veck |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Education, Health and Social Care , University of Winchester , Winchester , UK |
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Abstract: | Drawing upon the thought of Eric Fromm, this paper argues that efforts to understand and counter behaviour that causes difficulties in education should begin in a critical and reflective engagement with both the conditions of human freedom and the character of educational institutions and society as a whole. Fromm’s critique of dominating ideas about good mental health within capitalistic societies is examined in relation to disablement and attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder. A study of a sixth-form college in the south of England elucidates connections between Fromm’s insights into social psychology and disablement as a process of oppression. |
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Keywords: | attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder disablement Eric Fromm alienation freedom |
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