The education of gypsy and traveller children : towards inclusion and educational achievement / Christine O'Hanlon and Pat Holmes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Hanlon, Christine.

Contributor:

Holmes, Pat.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of nomads--Education--Great Britain.

Children of nomads.

Nomads--Great Britain--Social life and customs.

Nomads.

Manners and customs.

Children of nomads--Education.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

ix, 170 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stoke on Trent, UK ; Sterling [VA], USA : Trentham, 2004.

Summary:

Any school that has Traveller pupils will find this book indispensable. It covers all the issues schools need to know: Who the disparate groups of Gypsies and Travellers are, their community values and the implications for schools, legislation and policies that affect Traveller families, educational strategies for supporting pupils' mobility, key education policy documents on the attainment of Traveller children, Different schools respond in different ways. Through case story and action research, teachers working with Travellers in various schools consider issues of culture, language, literacy, equality and inclusion and attendance in light of their own practice. The handbook ends with a list of relevant resources and of European and English organisations. It will be useful to policy makers, local authority managers and students as well as schools.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Travellers, who are they? 1

Chapter 2 Community values and experience: their implications for early years, primary and secondary schools 15

Chapter 3 Supporting mobility: educational continuity strategies 37

Chapter 4 Legislation, policies and initiatives that affect Gypsies and Travellers 49

Chapter 5 Traveller education: case stories and action research 65

Chapter 6 Case stories 75

1. Do schools reflect Traveller culture? 75

2. Traveller education as equality education 86

3. Is Traveller language used in school? 101

4. Early years education for Traveller children 115

5. Developing literacy 125

6. Inclusion in schooling 132

7. Increasing the school attendance of Traveller children 138

8. Teachers' inclusion strategies 144

Appendix I Key education policy documents on raising the attainment of Gypsy and Traveller pupils 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1858562694

OCLC:

59463652