Pushed to the edge : inclusion and behaviour support in schools / Val Gillies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillies, Val, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inclusive education--Great Britain.

Inclusive education.

Great Britain.

Educational equalization--Great Britain.

Educational equalization.

School management and organization--Great Britain.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

v, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2016.

Summary:

While debates rage about education inequality and the best way to tackle attainment gaps, a pervasive form of in school segregation is going largely unremarked upon. Internal behaviour support units have become common fixtures in British schools. Young people may be removed from mainstream classroom for weeks months or even years to undergo rehabilitative programmes that incur little monitoring or oversight. This original book is the first to provide a detailed insight into the politics and practices of internal school exclusion, highlighted through the experiences of the young people attending the units. Ambitious in its scope it draws on intensive ethnographic research with pupils, their teachers and parents to address broad questions around social justice, equal opportunities and institutions racism. It will appeal to students, researchers and practitioners in education, social policy sociology and beyond. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Disciplining pupils: from exclusion to 'inclusion' 1

2 An ethnography of 'inclusion': reflecting on the research process 25

3 Contextualising challenging behaviour 51

4 Damaged boys, needy girls 77

5 Dynamics of disadvantage: race, gender and class 101

6 'Yo momma...': foregrounding families 123

7 "Ain't doing tramp's work": educational marginalisation and imagined futures 151

8 The politics of exclusion 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447317470

1447317475

OCLC:

950564345