TY - JOUR
T1 - “Here, it’s like you don’t have to leave the classroom to solve a problem”
T2 - how restorative justice in schools contributes to students’ individual and collective sense of coherence
AU - Reimer, Kristin Elaine
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Students face innumerable stressors, in and outside of schools. Some schools are better able to support students to thrive, individually and collectively, in the midst of these stressors. Drawing on a qualitative case study of a restorative justice approach in a Canadian primary school, this article explores the role of restorative justice in facilitating student well-being. To interpret this research, I mobilize Antonovsky’s (Health, stress and coping. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1979) “sense of coherence” concept: individuals are most likely to thrive when they perceive their lives as comprehensible, manageable and meaningful. Based on the data, I argue that the Canadian school’s restorative justice policies and practices helped students make sense of complexity within their school lives, building within them a strong sense of individual and collective coherence.
AB - Students face innumerable stressors, in and outside of schools. Some schools are better able to support students to thrive, individually and collectively, in the midst of these stressors. Drawing on a qualitative case study of a restorative justice approach in a Canadian primary school, this article explores the role of restorative justice in facilitating student well-being. To interpret this research, I mobilize Antonovsky’s (Health, stress and coping. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1979) “sense of coherence” concept: individuals are most likely to thrive when they perceive their lives as comprehensible, manageable and meaningful. Based on the data, I argue that the Canadian school’s restorative justice policies and practices helped students make sense of complexity within their school lives, building within them a strong sense of individual and collective coherence.
KW - Coherence
KW - Well-being
KW - Restorative justice
KW - Restorative approach
KW - Salutogenesis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090781589&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11211-020-00358-5
DO - 10.1007/s11211-020-00358-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090781589
VL - 33
SP - 406
EP - 427
JO - Social Justice Research
JF - Social Justice Research
SN - 0885-7466
IS - 4
ER -