Confronting Marginalisation in Education: A Framework for Promoting Inclusion

by Messiou; Kyriaki

• ISBN13: 9780415603515
• ISBN10: 041560351X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-05-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

By using this book, practitioners can explore the different ways in which marginalisation is experienced by pupils. By helping them to "reach out to all learners", regardless of the labels assigned to them, it will explain how teachers can make sure that every child matters, and, in so doing, create a classroom that is all the more inclusive.The specific focus of the book will be on how practitioners can use the voices of learners of their classes to reveal those who are most likely to experience some kind of marginalisation as well as issues that are related to the inclusion of all. The text is developed around a framework that practitioners can use in their work in order to understand and, more importantly, address marginalisation. Taking account of the views of children, throughout, this framework consists of a unique four-step process:Step 1: Opening doors: Enabling voices to emergeStep 2: Analysing information: Bringing concerns to the surfaceStep 3: Making sense of the evidence: Sharing data with learners and practitionersStep 4: Dealing with marginalisation: Encouraging inclusive thinking and practiceThe framework will show how systematic collecting of evidence can ease the process of understanding, help tackle marginalisation, and promote inclusion in a way that can be incorporated into the daily work of practitioners. This book will be of interest to teachers of pupils of all ages, students on initial teacher education and researchers and academics working in the field of inclusive education.

Author Biography

Kyriaki Messiou is Senior Lecturer at the University of Hull, UK.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction: bus journeys	p. 1
Conceptualising marginalisation	p. 9
Using the framework	p. 31
Opening doors: enabling voices to emerge	p. 49
Looking closely: bringing concerns to the surface	p. 77
Making sense of the evidence: sharing data with learners	p. 91
Dealing with marginalisation: encouraging inclusive thinking and practice	p. 111
Engaging with students' voices: an approach to inclusiveeducation	p. 121
Conclusion: collaborative journeys	p. 133
References	p. 135
Index	p. 143
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