Articulating with Difficulty: Research Voices in Inclusive Education (New BERA Dialogues series)

Articulating with Difficulty: Research Voices in Inclusive Education (New BERA Dialogues series)

by Len Barton (Author), Len Barton (Author), Peter Clough (Author), Len Barton (Author)

Synopsis

`This is an important book that needs to be read by anyone doing research in this area' - British Educational Research Journal

`Articulating with Difficulty is an excellent collection and comes highly recommended. It follows Peter Clough and Len Barton's earlier and controversial collection, Making Difficulties (1995), and draws on a wide range of perspectives in disability, inclusive education and Special Education Needs (SEN) research to tease out key issues on voice .... All contributors share a willingness to engage seriously with challenges thrown down by disabled academics and activists; that they do from different standpoints is another strength of this collection' - Disability & Society

This volume addresses the issue of `voice' in special education research; the voices of the researchers as well as those of the `researched', and the ways in which research mediates identities. It follows on from the well-known and controversial Making Difficulties, also edited by Peter Clough and Len Barton.

The contributors address, among other things: the question of overt and subtle power relations within the research context; the issues of `voice' in emancipatory research; and the view that a more democratic approach to research is made difficult because of the individualized, competitive work culture of higher education and research production.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 162
Edition: 1
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: 23 Oct 1998

ISBN 10: 1853964107
ISBN 13: 9781853964107

Media Reviews
`This is an important book that needs to be read by anyone doing research in this area' - British Educational Research Journal

`Articulating with Difficulty is an excellent collection and comes highly recommended. It follows Peter Clough and Len Barton's earlier and controversial collection, Making Difficulties (1995), and draws on a wide range of perspectives in disability, inclusive education and Special Education Needs (SEN) research to tease out key issues on voice .... All contributors share a willingness to engage seriously with challenges thrown down by disabled academics and activists; that they do from different standpoints in another strength of this collection' - Disability & Society

Author Bio
Peter Clough is Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield. Peter taught English and Drama, in the 1970s, in London and later in a number of special schools. His research interests include the use of narrative and fictional writing in research and research report. Peter has taught Inclusive Education and Early Childhood Education at the University of Sheffield, has been Professor of Inclusive Education at Queen's Belfast and at Liverpool Hope, and Research Fellow at the University of Chester. Peter is an Honorary Professor at the School of Education, University of Sheffield, where he teaches Masters and Doctoral students. Amongst over 50 publications focusing on equality, inclusion difference, and teachers' lives are several books published with Sage.