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View article: From Crisis to Commons? Exploring the Potential of the Commons Via Two Secondary Education Case Studies in Flanders
From Crisis to Commons? Exploring the Potential of the Commons Via Two Secondary Education Case Studies in Flanders Open
Education in Flanders—the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium—is currently facing what many describe as a crisis, marked by quality erosion and social inequalities. These issues have brought about a highly politicized and polarized debate tha…
View article: Parental Involvement in early childhood education and care: exploring parents’ perspectives in rural China
Parental Involvement in early childhood education and care: exploring parents’ perspectives in rural China Open
Over the past few decades, scholars have paid attention to how PI (parental involvement) impacts children's performance at school. Hence, PI is often reduced to school-centric involvement. Moreover, several studies have shown social class …
View article: Policymakers on social cohesion: contradictory expectations for child and family social work
Policymakers on social cohesion: contradictory expectations for child and family social work Open
Promoting social cohesion through early childhood services has become a priority on the political agenda as a result of societal developments. Despite joint academic and political attention, there nevertheless remains no agreement on what …
View article: No more colouring outside the lines? Exploring young people’s navigational agency in education
No more colouring outside the lines? Exploring young people’s navigational agency in education Open
This article highlights the inequality in the Flemish education system, which disproportionately affects youngsters with low socioeconomic status. This inequality is attributed to the human capital approach characterising current education…
View article: Social work during the Covid-19 pandemic: staying close while maintaining social distancing
Social work during the Covid-19 pandemic: staying close while maintaining social distancing Open
For several months now, social practitioners – like many other professions – have been on the frontline fighting the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the health and well-being of many service users and ...
View article: Documenting Practices in Human Service Organisations through Information Systems: When the Quest for Visibility Ends in Darkness
Documenting Practices in Human Service Organisations through Information Systems: When the Quest for Visibility Ends in Darkness Open
Over the last decades, transparency about what is happening on the ground has become a hot topic in the field of social work. Despite the importance of transparent social work, the realisation in practice is far from obvious. In order to c…
View article: Top-Down Policy Implementation and Social Workers as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of an Electronic Information System in Belgium
Top-Down Policy Implementation and Social Workers as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of an Electronic Information System in Belgium Open
In this article, we focus on how social workers use their agency when implementing top-down policy measures as street-level bureaucrats. We report on findings of a case study that was conducted in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Bel…
View article: Policy Rationales for Electronic Information Systems: An Area of Ambiguity
Policy Rationales for Electronic Information Systems: An Area of Ambiguity Open
Child welfare and protection (CWP) has engaged in the introduction of Electronic Information Systems (EIS), such as electronic recording, assessment and decision- making tools. It has been argued that EIS have adverse consequences in which…
View article: Decision-making tools in social work : a matter of transparency or blind spots
Decision-making tools in social work : a matter of transparency or blind spots Open
Over the last decade, western child welfare and protection has been subjected to many reforms. This is no different in Flanders – the Dutch speaking part of Belgium - where child welfare and protection has been reconstructed by integrating…