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Humanistic educational theory and the socialization of preregistration mental health nursing students
Author(s) -
Lipscomb Martin,
Ishmael Avril
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2009.00603.x
Subject(s) - humanism , socialization , humanistic psychology , mental health , perspective (graphical) , nursing theory , sociology , psychology , education theory , pedagogy , nursing , social psychology , medicine , medline , higher education , psychotherapist , political science , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
In the present study, humanistic educational theory is juxtaposed against forms of socialization that run counter to its precepts and values. It is suggested that, in theory at least, humanistic principles (broadly defined) underpin UK preregistration mental health student training, but that in practice, humanist theory is subverted or destabilized by external social pressures. To support this claim, work by Margaret Archer on the hegemonic role of the state in educational resourcing, planning, and delivery is introduced. This paper questions the integrity and intelligibility of current student experience. It also presents a novel perspective on the theory–practice divide. Although the paper is UK specific, it nonetheless raises questions that are pertinent to nurse training in other countries, where the state plays a dominant coordinating role in service organization and delivery.