This post takes a look at the 2020 doctoral thesis of Eleanor Ann Gray (University of Sheffield) and considers what implications it may have for improving inclusive practice for excluded pupils #inclusionfortheexcluded. Gray’s work attempts to develop an understanding of both the coping strategies used by anxious children in mainstream secondary schools and the conditions …
Tag: Theory and Research in Education
Jan 02
Children’s moral rights and UK school exclusions – Tillson & Oxley 2020
This post is a response to John Tillson and Laura Oxley’s (2020) article ‘Children’s moral rights and UK school exclusions’ which appeared in the journal Theory and Research in Education. I argue that an education system in which the only way that vulnerable children can access the support the need is through a damaging exclusion process cannot align with the …
