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The National Framework for Inclusion: Supporting inclusive practices in Scotland

Supporting student teachers and teachers to enact inclusive approaches in Scottish schools is a significant part of the Scottish Universities Inclusion Group’s (SUIG) work. SUIG is a...

What does/should inclusion even mean to the autistic learner?

I feel that the equity versus equality ‘debate’ (Baily & Holmarsdottir, 2015; Bird, 2018) is more than pertinent when any discussion about autistic inclusion takes place. The idea that all...

Teacher language: Help or hindrance to classroom learning

Communication between teacher and pupil is vital to pupil learning in the classroom. Usually, the focus is concentrated on the development of a pupil’s communication skills and not those of the...

Think like a detective: The vital clue to inclusive teaching!

To think like a detective gives teachers both a memorable metaphor for inquiry and a compelling methodology that leads to effective inclusive teaching. Like expert detectives, expert teachers...

Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum design and practice

On 24 March 2022, the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) ran the Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum Design and Practice online event. The event focused attention on research-informed curriculum design and...

Hopes for the future: Presentation overviews and discussions from parallel session B

As chair of parallel session B for the BCF Spotlight on SEND event in March 2022, it was my pleasure to introduce the speakers and to field questions from the audience. In addition to the other...

Editorial: Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum design and practice

On 24 March 2022, the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) ran the Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum Design and Practice online event. The event focused attention on research-informed curriculum design and...

Sally Patfield

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Sally Patfield is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Sally has more than 15 years’ experience working in...

SEND: Looking through an intersectionality lens

This blog post explores the concepts of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and intersectionality, and highlights the importance of having an awareness of how these are linked. I...

Jennifer Gore

Laureate Professor & Director of the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre

Jennifer Gore is a laureate professor in education and director of the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Jenny began her career in education as a...

Jess Harris

Associate Professor

Jess Harris is an associate professor with the Teachers and Teaching Research Centre in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia. A qualitative researcher, her research...

Glenda Walsh

Head of Early Years Education & Principal Lecturer

Dr Glenda Walsh is an international expert in the field of play and playful pedagogies. Major research projects include the longitudinal evaluation of the Early Years Enriched Curriculum Project...