Article
Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society (2007) 12, 332–348. doi:10.1057/palgrave.pcs.2100139
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Education: "Problem" Children and Bick's Idea of Skin Formation
Ana Archangelo1
1Unicamp (State University of Campinas), Campinas/SP, Brazil
Correspondence: Ana Archangelo, Rua General Osório, 1542 ap 141 – Cambuí, Campinas/SP 13010-111, Brazil. E-mail: ana.archangelo@uol.com.br
Abstract
This article presents a reflection on the psychodynamics of children who are considered to be failing at school (and consequently to be prone to self-exclusion). The children quoted are from a school that took part in a research project, a school located in a socially excluded area of a medium-sized Brazilian city. The guiding questions for the discussion are "which psychoanalytic ideas are useful in order to better understand these children?" and "how can these ideas be of help in educational practice?"
Keywords:
psychoanalysis and education, psychoanalysis and social exclusion, second skin formation, dropping out, Esther Bick
