Separating, Losing and Excluding Children
Narratives of Difference
Published on 12. October 2012
144 pages
978-1-134-58041-5 (ISBN)
Description
There has been an outpouring of children from schools over the last few years. The reasons for their exclusion from schools include: learning difficulties, behavioural problems or physical disability. Other reasons that are not dependent on a 'deficit' model of the children relate to Conservative-led initiatives involving school league tables, greater accountability, inspections, etc. Whatever the reasons, the new government are committed to reducing the number of children who are forced out of mainstream schooling.
The author addresses the key issues and relates them to the main theory/literature in the area. He 'unpicks' the major theories and applies them to possible ways of working with children in the classroom. Four case studies are used in order to make these proposed ways of working more accessible. As with other books in the series, exercises, readings and questions are set throughout.
The author addresses the key issues and relates them to the main theory/literature in the area. He 'unpicks' the major theories and applies them to possible ways of working with children in the classroom. Four case studies are used in order to make these proposed ways of working more accessible. As with other books in the series, exercises, readings and questions are set throughout.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a fascinating book, which I would recommend to those working with children who are different, but also to a wider audience who have an interest in discourses around disability and education.' - British Journal of Special Education'This is a book born out of the author's work as an educational psychologist, full of stimulating narratives of personal experiences blended with theoretical analyses and which manages to prove accessible, academically rigorous and exceptionally engaging.' - British Journal of Educational Psychology
'...this book has the potential to spark the sort of reflection and debate that would provide a qualitatively different reappraisal of our role.' - Educational Psychology in Practice
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white
File size
1,29 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-58041-5 (9781134580415)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Book
10/2000
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Routledge
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Book
10/2000
1st Edition
Routledge
€73.70
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Person
Tom Billington currently teaches in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of Sheffield and also works as an LEA psychologist in the Merseyside region. He has been a teacher and psychologist for over twenty years, working in schools, colleges and universities.
Content
Chapter 1 Working with Difference; Chapter 2 Gary-A Formal Assessment; Chapter 3 Pathologizing Children; Chapter 4 Speaking of Mary; Chapter 5 Authority and the Written Word; Chapter 6 Memory, History and the Division of Labour; Chapter 7 Alienation or Pathology?; Chapter 8 Tales from the Autistic Spectrum; Chapter 9 Conclusion;
