Inclusive Education
The core activity of the Inclusive Education team has traditionally been associated with Special Educational Needs. This aspect of education has long been a focus of interest and research strength in the School of Education and is associated with specialist programmes of study at Masters and doctoral levels.
Research Interests
Within the Special Educational Needs strand, research interests include learning difficulties, motor impairment/movement difficulties, deaf education, and developmental disorders. Research topics include:
- the characteristics of effective inclusive provision
- children with movement difficulties
- intervention using parents and teachers
- early intervention and family support
- home-school partnership
- pupil participation
- the deployment of teaching assistants
- sign bilingualism among deaf children
Supervision of research students
Learning difficulties: Dr Sally Beveridge, Miss Sue Pearson, Professor David Sugden
Motor impairment/movement difficulties: Professor David Sugden, Dr Mary Chambers
Deaf Education and deaf studies: Dr Ruth Swanwick
General topics in special educational needs and inclusive education: Dr Sally Beveridge, Miss Sue Pearson, Professor David Sugden
Research Group Activities
All members of the Inclusive Education team are actively involved in research activity. Recent and ongoing projects are referred to in the project section and publications are referred to in their individual web pages. A programme of research seminars in Inclusive Education involves presentations by staff and research students as well as external speakers.
Find out more about Research Degrees and specialist Masters Programmes within the School of Education.
Last updated by Ross Featherstone on 3rd March 2008