Abstract

EBERSOHN, Liesel. A resilience, health and well-being lens for education and poverty. S. Afr. j. educ. [online]. 2017, vol.37, n.1, pp.1-9. ISSN 2076-3433.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15700/saje.v37n1a1392.

In this paper I argue that the health and well-being outcomes of people at different levels of a social hierarchy, as studied by epidemiologists and psychologists has relevance for educational research, especially in unequal societies. When addressing poverty-associated risk, the educational emphasis need not only be on attaining more individual wealth in society, but could rather be to improve the educational, psychological and social well-being. I draw on four ethnographic studies to construct a bricolage of narratives to show how resilience, health and well-being agendas may lead to positive education outcomes given inequality.

Keywords : bricolage; epidemiology; ethnography; global south; health and well-being in education; inequality; positive education outcomes; positive psychology; poverty and education; resilience and education.

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