Saltmarsh, Sue and Tualaulelei, Eseta 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8393-7015 and Ayre, Kay
(2020)
‘I’m trying to tell you this man is dangerous… and no one’s listening’: family violence, parent–school engagement and school complicity.
The Australian Educational Researcher.
ISSN 0311-6999
Abstract
This paper presents a case study of one mother’s experience of engaging with her children’s schools after leaving a long-term relationship characterised by years of family violence perpetrated by the children’s father. We interviewed Bernadette as part of an ongoing study of parents’ experiences of school engagement during family separation and divorce. Her family circumstances and the role the children’s schools played in that story merit consideration by educators, school leaders and education policy makers. Informed by theories of everyday cultural practices and sociological studies of gendered power relations in education, we argue that gender politics and organisational strategies for keeping parents ‘in their place’ can significantly contribute to systemic failures and school cultures that reinscribe the effects of family violence.
| Item Type: |
Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
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| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Item Status: |
Live Archive |
| Additional Information: |
Published online: 27 November 2020. Permanent restricted access to ArticleFirst version, in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: |
Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Education (1 Jul 2019 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: |
Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Education (1 Jul 2019 -) |
| Date Deposited: |
30 Nov 2020 00:13 |
| Last Modified: |
30 Nov 2020 23:19 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
parent engagement, relationship dissolution, divorce, family violence, gender, complicity |
| Fields of Research (2008): |
16 Studies in Human Society > 1608 Sociology > 160809 Sociology of Education
13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified
13 Education > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): |
39 EDUCATION > 3904 Specialist studies in education > 390499 Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified
39 EDUCATION > 3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy > 390299 Education policy, sociology and philosophy not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): |
C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9399 Other Education and Training > 939999 Education and Training not elsewhere classified
C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9399 Other Education and Training > 939904 Gender Aspects of Education |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): |
16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1699 Other education and training > 169999 Other education and training not elsewhere classified
16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1602 Schools and learning environments > 160299 Schools and learning environments not elsewhere classified |
| Identification Number or DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-020-00415-7 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/40101 |
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