BERA Bites 15

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

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Andrea Priestley, Heather Earnshaw & Di Cantali

SCHOOLING, INNOVATION & COMMUNITY 

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Mary James

WHY GOING ‘LOCAL’ COULD BE THE FUTURE OF PRIMARY LANGUAGE LEARNING IN SCOTLAND (& BEYOND!)  8 David Roxburgh

SITES OF RESISTANCE: GYPSIES, ROMA & TRAVELLERS IN SCHOOL, COMMUNITY & THE ACADEMY 

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Andrew Ryder

COHERENT LIVES: MAKING SENSE OF ADOPTEES’ EXPERIENCES IN EDUCATION THROUGH NARRATIVE IDENTITY 12 Andrew Brown

INVESTIGATING ‘TWICE-EXCEPTIONALITY’ IN ENGLISH SECONDARY SCHOOLS 

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Yunus Emre Demir

THE ‘DIVERSE MODEL’: A NEW WAY OF PERCEIVING DISABILITY? 

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Karen Zecca

RECLAIMING OUR ROOTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CALL FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT TO ADDRESS HAIR-BASED DISCRIMINATION IN UK EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 18 Myrtle Emmanuel

TOWARDS INCLUSIVE FUTURES THROUGH TRANS-INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: THE TRANS-INCLUSIVITY SEMINAR SERIES AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (UCL)

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Aria Zhang

‘A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE’: EXPLORING INCLUSIVITY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION THROUGH A POSTHUMAN LENS

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Kay Sidebottom

REIMAGINING THE CURRICULUM: A CALL FOR DECOLONIAL & VALUES-DRIVEN EDUCATION

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Reece Sohdi

REFORMING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND: MOVING BEYOND EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE

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Rebecca Loader, Joanne Hughes, Erika Jiménez & Aisling O’Boyle

‘SO I SUPPOSE THEY THINK I’M A FAILURE’: HOW SCHOOLS (UNWITTINGLY) MARGINALISE WHITE WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES 

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Emma Simpson

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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BERA BITES 15 | EDUCATING FOR ALL

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