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Overcoming Adversity in Education Andrew Holliman (The Open University, UK)

Overcoming Adversity in Education By Andrew Holliman (The Open University, UK)

Overcoming Adversity in Education by Andrew Holliman (The Open University, UK)

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Summary

This book addresses adversities including disability, race, gender, poverty, violence, and natural disasters - what they are, how they impact on learners and how to successfully address them. The book explores through case studies, ways in which individuals, institutions, cultures/societies, can help create positive outcomes for learners.

Overcoming Adversity in Education Summary

Overcoming Adversity in Education by Andrew Holliman (The Open University, UK)

* Uniquely explores adversity in education from an international perspective;
* Introduces influential thinkers, events, and ideas that shape current understanding and inform future developments in the area;
* Identifies the key factors that give rise to adversities for learners;
* Explores through practical cases studies, ways in which individuals, institutions, cultures/societies can help manage and overcome adversities;
* Provides exemplars that illustrate successful proactive preventative approaches, interventions, and coping strategies;
* Draws out principles that can be applied in developing a successful intervention

About Andrew Holliman (The Open University, UK)

Andrew J. Holliman, BSc (Hons), MA, MSc, PhD, is Associate Professor (Teaching) in Psychology at the Institute of Education, University College London; Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society; and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research interests include the psychology of education, teaching and learning in higher education, and the development of children's literacy. He recently co-edited Education and New Technologies: Perils and Promises for Learners (2018, Taylor & Francis/Routledge) and is the co-editor of the Current Debates in Educational Psychology series (Taylor & Francis/Routledge).

Kieron Sheehy, PhD, is Professor of Education (Innovation Pedagogies) and Research Director, Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport at the Open University, UK. Kieron's research interests are within the broad field of inclusive education, often focusing on how teaching approaches or services can be developed to successfully support diverse groups of learners. He has a particular interest in addressing issues for those who might be stigmatised and excluded within educational systems. Most recently, he has been working with RUMPUS, a research group looking at fun in learning, and ASSIK (Anak Setara SIaga Kebencanaan), developing innovative and inclusive disaster risk reduction education.

Table of Contents

Overcoming Adversity in Education: Challenges and Opportunities in a Complex and Changing World

1. How Neuroscience Can Help to Overcome Adversity in Education

2. Language Difficulties and Education

3. Overcoming Literacy Difficulties in Education

4. Promoting Positive Educational Outcomes for Children and Young People with Sensory Impairments through a Dual Approach to Access

5. Adaptability and Educational Transitions

6. How Might Domestic Violence Prevent a Child from Fulfilling their Academic Potential?

7. The Home Learning Environment as a Means to Overcome Adversities in Education

8. Overcoming Adversity from Large-scale Crises and Disasters

9. Overcoming Bullying in Education

10. Helping Those that Don't Fit: Impacts, Causes, and Solutions for Students Who Don't Feel Like They Belong at School

11. Overcoming Adversity for Disabled Students in Higher Education in Indonesia

12. Widening Participation in Higher Education

13. Childhood Stress in Education

14. The SENCO's Role in Overcoming School Adversity for Children with Special Educational Needs

15. A Cross-cultural Perspective of Children's Mental Health in School: An Exacerbated Issue during the COVID-19 Pandemic

16. Overcoming School Adversity for LGBT+ students

17. Eliminating Hate in Colleges/Schools of Education to Build Multicultural Communities

18. Indigenous (Aboriginal, First Nations) Students Overcoming Academic Adversity: The Roles of Educational Resilience, Motivation and Engagement, and Teacher-Student Relationships

19. Overcoming Adversity for Marginalised Adolescent Girls in Zimbabwe

20. Open Schooling to Empower Brazilian Teachers: Emancipatory Fun in Education for a Sustainable Innovation Ecosystem

21. The Academic and Cultural Demands-Resources (ACD-R) Framework: Supporting the Academic Development of Culturally and Ethnically Diverse Students

22. A Multidimensional Perspective on Adversity: From Peace to Understanding

Additional information

GOR012953351
9781032017785
1032017783
Overcoming Adversity in Education by Andrew Holliman (The Open University, UK)
Andrew Holliman (The Open University, UK)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20221101
268
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