Equality, Participation and Inclusion 1

Diverse Perspectives

Jon Rix, Melanie Nind, Kieron Sheehy, Katy Simmons, Christopher Walsh, Jon Rix, Melanie Nind, Kieron Sheehy, Katy Simmons, Christopher Walsh

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9781136887048
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

What are the experiences of children and young people?

How can we think about the challenges they face?

What systems and practices can support them?

How can we develop greater equality, participation and inclusion across diverse settings?

This second edition of Equality, Participation and Inclusion 1: Diverse Perspectives is the first of two Readers aimed at people with an interest in issues of equality, participation and inclusion for children and young people. This first Reader focuses in particular on the diverse perspectives held by different practitioners and stakeholders.

Comprising readings taken from the latest research in journal articles, newly commissioned chapters, as well as several chapters from the first edition that retain particular relevance, this fully updated second edition has broadened its focus to consider a greater diversity of perspectives. Whilst exploring how we think about the experiences of children and young people across a range of contexts it maintains a subtle, underlying emphasis upon education and the experiences of disabled people.

Drawing on the writing of academics, practitioners, children and young people, and people who have experienced exclusion, this book is a rich resource for students and practitioners who are interested in thinking about how inequality and exclusion are experienced, and how they can be challenged. Much of the material reflects on lived experiences and life stories, and will be of particular interest to those working in education, health, youth and community work, youth justice and social services, as well as to families and advocates.

Equality, Participation and Inclusion 1

Diverse perspectives

This Reader, and the companion volume Equality, Participation and Inclusion 2: Diverse contexts, form part of the Open University module Equality, Participation and Inclusion (E214). This is a 60-point module, which can be studied on its own or as part of an Open University undergraduate qualification.

Details of this and other Open University modules and qualifications can be obtained from the Student Registration and Enquiry Service, The Open University, PO Box 197, Milton Keynes MK7 6BJ, United Kingdom: tel. [phone], e-mail [email protected]

Alternatively, you may visit the Open University website at http://www.open.ac.uk where you can learn more about the wide range of modules and qualifications offered at all levels by The Open University.

Equality, Participation and Inclusion 1

Diverse perspectives

Second edition

Edited by

Jonathan Rix, Melanie Nind,
Kieron Sheehy, Katy Simmons
and Christopher Walsh

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Equality, participation and inclusion 1 : diverse perspectives /
edited by Jonathan Rix…[et al.]. – 2nd ed.
p. cm.
1. Inclusive education. 2. Special education. 3. Multicultural education.
I. Rix, Jonathan.
LC1200.E78 2010
371.9’046–dc22 2010018660

ISBN 0-203-83978-1 Master e-book ISBN

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Contents

Acknowledgements viii

1 Introduction: another point of view JONATHAN RIX, CHRISTOPHER WALSH, JOHN PARRY AND RAJNI KUMRAI 1

Part 1 Looking back: a personal experience 9

2 Mabel Cooper’s life story MABEL COOPER 11

3 ‘The stairs didn’t go anywhere!’: a self-advocate’s reflections on specialised services and their impact on people with disabilities MICHAEL F. GIANGRECO 25

4 ‘Race’, gender and educational desire HEIDI SAFIA MIRZA 38

5 Brushed behind the bike shed: working-class lesbians’ experiences of school YVETTE TAYLOR 54

Part 2 Looking forwards: the development of new thinking 65

6 Has classroom te...

Table of contents

• Equality, Participation and Inclusion 1
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Part 1 Looking back
• Part 2 Looking forwards
• Part 3 Looking from within
• Part 4 Looking from within
• Part 5 Looking around us
• Index