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Experiencing an 'inclusive' education: Parents and their children with 'special educational needs'

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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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
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: 16 Nov 2021 10:26 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/79816 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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