ABSTRACT The United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC) calls for education to prepare children for ‘ … responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes, and friendship among all peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin’. The current study examines the potential role of Educational Psychologists (EPs) in addressing the UNCRC call to promote community cohesion through their work in schools. Through an Appreciative Inquiry cycle EPs considered facilitators of and barriers to working with communities. Facilitators included EP practices, skills and knowledge and seeing schools as communities in themselves. Barriers included public service funding and aspects of service delivery. A multi-level approach to promoting community cohesion is put forward, including acknowledgement of the context within which the work takes place as well as positing a continuum of community cohesion to community conflict.

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教育心理学服务对社区凝聚力的贡献：一项欣赏性调查

摘要 联合国儿童权利公约 (UNCRC) 呼吁开展教育，让儿童本着理解、和平、宽容、性别平等和各国人民友谊的精神，为“……在自由社会中负责任的生活做好准备，”族裔、民族和宗教团体以及土著人”。当前的研究考察了教育心理学家 (EP) 在响应 UNCRC 呼吁通过他们在学校的工作促进社区凝聚力方面的潜在作用。通过欣赏式调查周期，EP 认为与社区合作的促进因素和障碍。促进者包括 EP 实践、技能和知识，并将学校视为社区。障碍包括公共服务资金和服务提供方面。