Describing children at risk: experiments with context.

Drawing on science and technology studies (STS), this article explores information practices around children deemed to be 'at risk'. Risk is not a self-evident epistemic object. Different professional instructions mobilize the concept of context to emphasize the partiality and contingency of descrip...

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Published in:	Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 16 - 29
Main Author:	Ratner, Helene
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2019
Subjects:	Science education At-risk behavior Educational psychology Uncertainty Epistemics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost