Despite the laudable inclusive policies in Scotland such as Getting it Right for Every Child and Curriculum for Excellence, it is clear that some young people still do not experience equal access to educational opportunity. With education at its heart, the Capabilities Approach is a theory of social justice that starts with a commitment to the equal dignity of all human beings and focuses on choice or freedom. Offering an alternative means of measuring wellbeing or advantage rather than the traditional measurements such Gross National Product, the Capabilities Approach, particularly Martha Nussbaum’s list of capabilities, is a useful framework to assess how pupils and teachers in Scotland’s schools are faring. Using complementary sociolo...
This paper opens with David Cameron’s words on equality of opportunity. His assertion that we need t...
This paper opens with David Cameron’s words on equality of opportunity. His assertion that we need t...
Mathematics education has been notoriously slow at interpreting inclusion in ways that are not divis...
Despite the laudable inclusive policies in Scotland such as Getting it Right for Every Child and Cur...
The achievement of equal access to educational opportunity is an international policy imperative tha...
This thesis is the study of experiences of a group of mainstream secondary pupils identified as havi...
This thesis is the study of experiences of a group of mainstream secondary pupils identified as havi...
This paper re-examines the low participation of young people from deprived communities through the l...
This paper re-examines the low participation of young people from deprived communities through the l...
This paper re-examines the low participation of young people from deprived communities through the l...
This paper offers a theoretical exploration of the impact of diversity in schools on attitudes to in...
Widening participation programmes aim to increase the progression of students from low socio‐economi...
The Achievement of Potential: an Exploration in Educational and Social Contexts outlines a qualitati...
Alan Milburn, the Chair of the Government’s Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission recently hi...
The disparity between the educational achievement of children from disadvantaged backgrounds compare...
This paper opens with David Cameron’s words on equality of opportunity. His assertion that we need t...
This paper opens with David Cameron’s words on equality of opportunity. His assertion that we need t...
Mathematics education has been notoriously slow at interpreting inclusion in ways that are not divis...
Despite the laudable inclusive policies in Scotland such as Getting it Right for Every Child and Cur...
The achievement of equal access to educational opportunity is an international policy imperative tha...
This thesis is the study of experiences of a group of mainstream secondary pupils identified as havi...
This thesis is the study of experiences of a group of mainstream secondary pupils identified as havi...
This paper re-examines the low participation of young people from deprived communities through the l...
This paper re-examines the low participation of young people from deprived communities through the l...
This paper re-examines the low participation of young people from deprived communities through the l...
This paper offers a theoretical exploration of the impact of diversity in schools on attitudes to in...
Widening participation programmes aim to increase the progression of students from low socio‐economi...
The Achievement of Potential: an Exploration in Educational and Social Contexts outlines a qualitati...
Alan Milburn, the Chair of the Government’s Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission recently hi...
The disparity between the educational achievement of children from disadvantaged backgrounds compare...
This paper opens with David Cameron’s words on equality of opportunity. His assertion that we need t...
This paper opens with David Cameron’s words on equality of opportunity. His assertion that we need t...
Mathematics education has been notoriously slow at interpreting inclusion in ways that are not divis...