Rogers, Chrissie (2007) Experiencing an 'inclusive' education: Parents and their children with 'special educational needs'. Journal British Journal of Sociology of Education, 28 (1). pp. 55-68. ISSN 0142-5692. (doi:10.1080/01425690600996659) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:79816)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01425690600996659 |
Abstract
This paper focuses on the experiences of British parents who have children identified with 'special education needs' within mainstream education. Expectations of mainstream education can have a negative affect on parents when a child is unable to maintain his or her education within a mainstream school. In England and Wales, 'inclusion' within mainstream schools is implemented by the current government and promoted as anti-exclusionary. However, current research indicates that actual 'inclusion' (the child experiencing inclusion as well as being placed in a mainstream environment) is not necessarily occurring in practice. As it stands, the conflict is between desires to embrace difference based on a philosophy of 'equal rights' ('inclusive' education) and prioritising educational performance, structuring it in such a way that it leaves little room for difference and creativity due to the highly structured testing and examination culture. Qualitative analysis of parents who have children identified with special educational needs indicate that they have hopes and expectations for their children. These hopes and expectations are challenged recurrently.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1080/01425690600996659 |
Divisions: |
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard |
Depositing User: | Christine Rogers |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2020 12:50 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 12:44 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/79816 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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