ERIC Number: ED591788
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Apr-13
Pages: 7
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Teaching in the In-Between: Opportunities for and Resistance to Inclusive Change in Boundary Work
Petersen, Amy J.; Gallagher, Deborah J.; Cowley, Danielle M.; Iqtadar, Shehreen
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New York City, NY, Apr 13-17, 2018)
This qualitative research study examines the experiences and outcomes of five general and special education teachers working toward inclusive education reform within one school district. Interviews, observations, and artifacts collected over a three-year time period are analyzed using the theoretical frameworks of Cultural Activity Theory and the boundary crossing literature. Findings are shared through layered narrative vignettes that capture the complexities and contradictions of inclusive reform. This study contributes to the wider literature offering a glimpse into the "realities" of inclusive reform through theoretical analyses of the complexities of multiple and intersecting boundaries of general and special education. Recommendations for how we, as educators, scholars, and researchers, can (re)imagine public education through inclusive educational reform are put forth.
Descriptors: Educational Change, Resistance to Change, Special Education, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, School Districts, College School Cooperation, Barriers, Outcomes of Education, Vignettes, Teacher Role, Professional Identity
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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