In recent years, international initiatives such as the Salamanca Statement and Framework
for Action on Special Needs Education (UNESCO, 1994) and the Sustainable Development …

This chapter was first developed from the Life As A Disabled Child project which was part of
the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Research Programme: Children 5–16 …

A recent project involving Year 3 (seven–eight year‐old) pupils and their teachers revealed
that 'gender matters' differently to boys and girls, and teachers. The study sought to elicit …

Since its publication in 1976, Ted Relph's Place and Placelessness has been an influential
text in thinking about cities and city life across a number of disciplines, including human …

This paper explores the concept of ethos as a facet of the government's rapidly growing
initiative of the 'specialist school'. Schools accepted on to the scheme are expected to create …

This paper presents an innovative method for qualitative research in education. The video
dairy technique was developed and used alongside other qualitative methods to map the …

Working Childhoods draws upon research in the Indian Himalayas to provide a theoretically-
informed account of children's lives in a remote part of the world. The book shows that …

Background: This investigation is the second paper of a companion set reporting the
outcomes of secondary schooling for young people who have been participating in the …

Background: The study is set in the context of international moves towards more inclusion of
children with disabilities into mainstream schools and the greater importance attached to the …

Children and young people in residential care are some of the most vulnerable in our
society. They may have experienced violence and physical, sexual or emotional abuse …