Articulating with Difficulty

Peter Clough is Professor of Education at the University of Brighton. Often using innovative, arts-based qualitative methodologies, his research is concerned particularly with the inclusion of marginalised voices, and spans all age phases. Among his many publications are Inclusion in the Early Years (Sage), and Narratives and Fictions in Educational Research (OUP). Recent research includes the Family Literacy in Prisons project in collaboration with the Prison Advice and Care Trust.

• Professional Intellectuals from Powerful Groups - Alan DysonWrong from the Start?Knowledge Is not Enough - Patricia PottsAn Exploration of What We Can Expect from Enquiries Which Are SocialDeveloping an Emancipatory Research Agenda - Len BartonPossibilities and DilemmasA Voice in What? Researching the Lives and Experiences of Visually Disabled People - John Swain and Sally French`Voice′ in Emancipatory Research - Jenny CorbettImaginative Listening`Once Upon a Time′ - Hazel Bines, John Swain and John KayeTeamwork for Complementary Perspectives and Critique in Research on Special Educational NeedsFrom Emancipatory Research to Focus Group - Sheila Riddell, Heather Wilkinson and Stephen BaronPeople With Learning Difficulties and the Research ProcessResearching Issues of Gender in Special Needs Education - Harry Daniels Stories about Writing Stories - Dan GoodleyReappraising the Notion of the `Special′ Informant with Learning Fifficulties in Life Story ResearchDifferently Articulate? Some Indices of Disturbed/Disturbing Voices - Peter Clough

`This is an important book that needs to be read by anyone doing research in this area′ - British Educational Research Journal`Articulating with Difficulty is an excellent collection and comes highly recommended. It follows Peter Clough and Len Barton′s earlier and controversial collection, Making Difficulties (1995), and draws on a wide range of perspectives in disability, inclusive education and Special Education Needs (SEN) research to tease out key issues on "voice".... All contributors share a willingness to engage seriously with challenges thrown down by disabled academics and activists; that they do from different standpoints in another strength of this collection′ - Disability & Society