My guest this week is Professor Sheila Riddell from the University of Edinburgh. Sheila has been a key figure in inclusive education research in both Scotland and Europe over a number of decades.
This podcast gives a lovely insight into the Scottish context and introduces the concept of additional support needs. We have a good discussion about the pros and cons of identifying what are growing numbers of children with disabilities in our schools and what this exercise serves in terms of resources and labeling.
Sheila is one of the few academics focusing on the relationship between students with disabilities and other social characteristics such as their social class, gender or ethnicity. She finishes our discussion with an insight into her more recent work on the social justice and inclusion agenda.
