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A critical ethnographic case study exploring creativity, voice and agency in a school for pupils with physical, learning and additional needs
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Raynsford, Juliet (2015) A critical ethnographic case study exploring creativity, voice and agency in a school for pupils with physical, learning and additional needs. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The inquiry is set in a medium sized primary school for children aged between 2 – 11 years old with physical, learning and additional needs. The study is relevant to those interested in inclusive research, creativity and the use of kinesthetic research methods. This inquiry’s fieldwork took place over a eighteen month period during which a major reappraisal of the role of creativity within school culture was undertaken. The focus of this thesis is exploring how changes to pedagogical practice and the aesthetic design of the school environment affected pedagogic relations within sessions designated as creative.
As a critical ethnographic case study approach is adopted an emphasis is placed upon understanding the particularity and complexity of the single case and, therefore, the thesis is duly cautious in how it generalizes its findings. As is traditional of an ethnographic inquiry this thesis is rooted in thick description accompanied by continual processes of reflection and reflexivity. This process was adopted in order to allow the researcher to identify and interrogate the multiple and diverse lines of inquiry that arose. The thesis concludes by reflecting upon how understanding of creativity and inclusion can be seen to have changed within this particular school culture over the duration of the inquiry. It also provides a summary of how the school’s relationship with the concept of creativity has evolved and continues to evolve. The methodological strengths and limitations of the research are identified and suggestions are made regarding possible future areas of inquiry.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Creative ability -- Study and teaching, Creative teaching, Inclusive education, Creative thinking -- Study and teaching (Elementary), Creative thinking in children -- Study and teaching (Elementary), Education -- Study and teaching, Special needs -- Education, Children with disabilities -- Education | ||||
Official Date: | April 2015 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Centre for Education Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Winston, Joe,1953- | ||||
Extent: | 345 leaves | ||||
Language: | eng |
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