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Nind, Melanie; Flewitt, Rosie and Payler, Jane
(2011).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00281.x
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1099-...
Abstract
The paper tells of the social constructs surrounding young children with learning difficulties in their home, ‘special’ early education setting and ‘inclusive’ or mainstream early education setting in England. The exploratory study focused on how three- to four-year-old children made sense of their environments and how their identities were constructed by different parties in the different contexts. Ethnographic case studies were conducted using semi-structured and informal interviews with parents and practitioners, documentary analysis, fieldnotes, and live and video observations. Shared constructions across the contexts for each child were common, with constructions of them being happy and making progress pervasive across the children and settings. Differences in constructions across settings indicated that qualities could shine or negative constructions be tempered, thus showing the role of the environment and the culture of inclusion in socially constructing children with special needs.
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- Item ORO ID
- 45404
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1099-0860
- Project Funding Details
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body The Experiences of Young Children with Learning Disabilities Attending Not Set Rix, Thomson, Rothenburg Foundation - Keywords
- childhood; early years; education; special needs
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Languages and Applied Linguistics
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport > Education - Research Group
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Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET)
Education Futures - Copyright Holders
- © 2009 National Children’s Bureau and BlackwellPublishing Limited
- Depositing User
- Jane Payler