Articulating with Difficulty: Research Voices in Inclusive Education(New BERA Dialogues series)

About the Book

`This is an important book that needs to be read by anyone doing research in this area' - British Educational Research Journal



`Articulating with Difficulty is an excellent collection and comes highly recommended. It follows Peter Clough and Len Barton's earlier and controversial collection, Making Difficulties (1995), and draws on a wide range of perspectives in disability, inclusive education and Special Education Needs (SEN) research to tease out key issues on "voice".... All contributors share a willingness to engage seriously with challenges thrown down by disabled academics and activists; that they do from different standpoints is another strength of this collection' - Disability & Society





This volume addresses the issue of `voice' in special education research; the voices of the researchers as well as those of the `researched', and the ways in which research mediates identities. It follows on from the well-known and controversial Making Difficulties, also edited by Peter Clough and Len Barton.





The contributors address, among other things: the question of overt and subtle power relations within the research context; the issues of `voice' in emancipatory research; and the view that a more democratic approach to research is made difficult because of the individualized, competitive work culture of higher education and research production.

Table of Contents:
Professional Intellectuals from Powerful Groups - Alan Dyson Wrong from the Start? Knowledge Is not Enough - Patricia Potts An Exploration of What We Can Expect from Enquiries Which Are Social Developing an Emancipatory Research Agenda - Len Barton Possibilities and Dilemmas A Voice in What? Researching the Lives and Experiences of Visually Disabled People - John Swain and Sally French `Voice′ in Emancipatory Research - Jenny Corbett Imaginative Listening `Once Upon a Time′ - Hazel Bines, John Swain and John Kaye Teamwork for Complementary Perspectives and Critique in Research on Special Educational Needs From Emancipatory Research to Focus Group - Sheila Riddell, Heather Wilkinson and Stephen Baron People With Learning Difficulties and the Research Process Researching Issues of Gender in Special Needs Education - Harry Daniels Stories about Writing Stories - Dan Goodley Reappraising the Notion of the `Special′ Informant with Learning Fifficulties in Life Story Research Differently Articulate? Some Indices of Disturbed/Disturbing Voices - Peter Clough

About the Author :
Peter Clough is Professor of Education at the University of Brighton. Often using innovative, arts-based qualitative methodologies, his research is concerned particularly with the inclusion of marginalised voices, and spans all age phases. Among his many publications are Inclusion in the Early Years (Sage), and Narratives and Fictions in Educational Research (OUP). Recent research includes the Family Literacy in Prisons project in collaboration with the Prison Advice and Care Trust. 

Review :
`This is an important book that needs to be read by anyone doing research in this area′ - British Educational Research Journal

`Articulating with Difficulty is an excellent collection and comes highly recommended. It follows Peter Clough and Len Barton′s earlier and controversial collection, Making Difficulties (1995), and draws on a wide range of perspectives in disability, inclusive education and Special Education Needs (SEN) research to tease out key issues on "voice".... All contributors share a willingness to engage seriously with challenges thrown down by disabled academics and activists; that they do from different standpoints in another strength of this collection′ - Disability & Society