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Nevill, Thomas; Savage, Glenn C.; Forsey, Martin – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2023
A considerable body of sociological literature has examined the role that education plays in the ongoing reproduction of class-based inequalities. However, there is a relative lack of research that has focused on the reproduction of inequalities linked to the combined influences of disability and social class. Based on a qualitative study of 19…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Advocacy, Dyslexia, Role of Education
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Fenech, Marianne; Salamon, Andi; Stratigos, Tina – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
Educator-parent partnerships have long been constructed in a discourse of improving outcomes for children. Notwithstanding the value of parent engagement for children's learning, development and wellbeing, this paper calls for a broader construction. In the context of marketised provisioning in which parents generally operate as uninformed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Educational Quality
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Clear, Michael E.; Mank, David M. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1990
A 2-part survey of 24 mentally retarded individuals from supported and competitive employment programs across New South Wales, Australia, found that parents and families play a significant role as advocates/benefactors in subjects' lives and that such support was correlated to lower support needs and better work performance at the job site.…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Foreign Countries, Job Performance