Utilising Personal Construct Psychology and the Repertory Grid Interview Method to Meaningfully Represent the Voice of the Child in Their Social Relationships

Autor/in	Sewell, Alexandra
Titel	Utilising Personal Construct Psychology and the Repertory Grid Interview Method to Meaningfully Represent the Voice of the Child in Their Social Relationships
Quelle	In: Pastoral Care in Education, 38 (2020) 2, S.93-115 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sewell, Alexandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0264-3944
DOI	10.1080/02643944.2020.1713869
Schlagwörter	Interviews; Children; Interpersonal Relationship; Psychology; Elementary School Students; Self Concept; Childrens Attitudes; Tokenism; Individual Power + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Psychologie; Selbstkonzept; Eigeninitiative
Abstract	Since the ratification of the 1981 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) the role of Voice of the Child (VoC) in education has gained significance. Despite various VoC models and methods existing to collect and understand it, it is often critiqued for being tokenistic, rather than meaningful. Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) is a relevant psychological theory which provides a range of methods for exploring VoC. Previous PCP research has utilised art methods to explore primary school pupil's views about various aspects of their educational experience. The current research sought to extend the application of PCP to explore VoC by employing the repertory grid interview method to represent and understand a sample of Year Five pupils' opinions and perspectives on their social relationships. The repertory grid interview method was proposed as a method that would lead to meaningful rather than tokenistic VoC. The findings demonstrated that participants had a strong sense of self in relation to others and reported positive social relationships. Relationships with family members were found to be the most reported and hypothesised to be the most important relationships in participant's social worlds. Participants predominantly utilised the construct categories of 'extroverted/introverted', 'pleasant/unpleasant' and 'sympathetic/unsympathetic' with regards to their social relationships and interactions. These findings are discussed in relation to the argument that repertory grid interviews offer a meaningful rather than tokenistic method for engaging in VoC. Limitations and implications for future research and professional practice are also discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01