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Approaches to inclusive research in education: opportunities and challenges: round table discussion feedback, Group 1

Dampson, D. G., Long, S., Murray, G., Odunsi, R. and Qureshi, S. (2014) Approaches to inclusive research in education: opportunities and challenges: round table discussion feedback, Group 1. Inter University Symposium Journal. 1

Item Type: Article
Abstract: The role of the SENCO was established in the 1994 SEN Code of Practice (DfE, 1994) which stated that all mainstream schools in England must have someone responsible for coordinating and implementing appropriate services and provisions for children with SEN. This interpretivist study investigates the impact that SENCOs have on teachers' capacity to address SEN in their classrooms. A mixed-method approach (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2007) is applied, consisting of three phases: self-administered questionnaires, face-to-face semi-structured interviews and case-study vignettes of SENCOs, teachers and head teachers, along with document scrutiny of school SEN-related material. I will discuss challenges pertaining to my methodological examination of the SENCO-teacher dynamic. These include sampling issues, cohort access, professional experience and identity, and the validity of research instruments. Implications are then considered with regard to emergent themes, and the construction of a meaningful image of how SENCOs affect the inclusive practices of their teaching colleagues. A key challenge that I currently face pertains to the dynamic and fluid school environments and their impact on the quality of my data, and thus how SENCOs and teachers respectively construct their 'realities'.
Creators: Dampson, Dandy George, Long, Stella, Murray, Genevieve, Odunsi, Remi and Qureshi, Saneeya
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Special Education Needs and Inclusion
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Education and Research
Research Centres > Centre for Education and Research
Date: 1 June 2014
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: Inter University Symposium Journal
Volume: 1
Language: English
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: No
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/6745

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