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Title Perspectives on participation and inclusion : engaging education / edited by Suanne Gibson and Joanna Haynes.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Continuum, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 171 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE: THE VOICE OF THE LEARNER; 1 Inclusion Versus Neo-liberalism: Empowering the 'Other'; Inclusion: what, when, why, and neo-liberalism -- the barrier; Starting from the learner's perspective; Dialogue and safe spaces versus 'school effectiveness'?; Author's note; 2 Listening to the Voice of the Child in Education; Constructs of child as learner; So what is child?; Children's rights; Initiatives to promote children's participation in education; Conclusion; Author's note.
PART TWO: CRITICAL AND ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION3 Education and After-education: Exploring Learning as a Relational Process; Emotions and learning; Secure attachment; Conceptions of student; The relational psychoanalytic lens; Emotion, cognition and student identity; Imagination, disturbance and education; Identificatory confusion; Alternative ways of reading classroom spaces; Conclusion; Author's note; 4 Including Deaf Culture: Deaf Young People and Participation; Experiences of exclusion; Inclusion in whose culture?; Specialist provision or inclusion?
Conclusion: learning with and from Deaf CultureAuthor's note; 5 Freedom, Inclusion and Education; Interpretations of freedom; Education and political liberation; Experimental and alternative education; Mainstream education: freedom through philosophical dialogue; Freedom to think; Conclusion; Author's note; 6 Wellbeing and Education; The idea of wellbeing; What is wellbeing education?; Why wellbeing education now?; Problematizing wellbeing education; Critical voices; Contemporary developments in wellbeing; Conclusion; Author's note.
7 Where should Pupils who Experience Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD) be Educated?Where do I belong?; Words matter; The historic 'burden' of SEBD; Including pupils who experience SEBD; Mainstream school or special school: does it really matter where pupils are taught?; Belonging and school; Conclusion; Author's note; PART THREE: APPROACHES TO PARTICIPATION; 8 Informal Learning Outdoors; The nature of informal learning; Participation in informal learning outdoors: benefits and learner outcomes.
Current debates about challenge and risk in the outdoors and how this might affect participationA pedagogy for outdoor learning?; Author's note; 9 'E's of Access: e-Learning and Widening Participation in Education; The Information Age and the knowledge society; Digital divides; The 'e' is for everything; The nature of e-learning; Where does the learner fit into the 'e'quation?; E is for extended learning; E is for enhanced learning; E is for everywhere learning; E is for exclusion; Conclusion; Author's note; 10 Widening Participation in Adult Education; The Parents as Educators Programme.
Summary Perspectives on Participation and Inclusion draws on the research and scholarship of academics working in the field of Education Studies. The writers are concerned with enduring yet contemporary themes: making education engaging and vital for both learners and educators, and achieving wider participation and more effective and meaningful inclusion for all. - The book draws on philosophical ideas and educational theories, practical examples and case studies in a wide variety of educational settings and styles. - Through the medium of brief ''edu-autobiography'', each chapter is situated in.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Inclusive education -- Great Britain.
Inclusive education.
Great Britain.
Mainstreaming in education -- Great Britain.
Mainstreaming in education.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Gibson, Suanne.
Haynes, Joanna, 1953-
Other Form: Print version: Perspectives on participation and inclusion. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 9781847060204 (DLC) 2008039235 (OCoLC)255013623
ISBN 9781441190161 (electronic book)
1441190163 (electronic book)
1282876708
9781282876705
9781847060204
184706020X
9780826445018
0826445012