Diversity and Marginalisation in Childhood

Paula Hamilton is a senior lecturer at the University of Chester. After completing a teacher training degree in the early 1990s, Paula worked on a European research project which focused on health promoting schools. She then spent 10 years within further education teaching on early childhood studies and health and social care courses. Since 2007, she has worked as a senior lecturer in higher education lecturing on programmes relating to early childhood, family, youth and education studies. Her PhD, completed in 2011, focused on the inclusion of migrant worker children into primary schools in North Wales. Paula’s research and publications lie in the field of social justice, inclusion, diversity and the health and well-being of children, young people and families.

• Introduction: Understanding MarginalisationChapter 1: Critical Inclusion: Concepts, Theories, Challenges and PracticeChapter 2: Mass Media, Social Bias and the Representation of Minority and Marginalised GroupsChapter 3: Child Poverty and Low-Income FamiliesChapter 4: Stigma of Mental Ill-Health in ChildhoodChapter 5: Children with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesChapter 6: Children in Care, Fostering and AdoptionChapter 7: Gender Development and Identities: Intersex and Transgender ChildrenChapter 8: Religion, Antisemitism and IslamophobiaChapter 9: Asylum Seeker and Refugee Children (and Children who have English as an Additional Language)Chapter 10: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller childrenChapter 11: Supporting ′Most Able′ ChildrenConclusion: Final Thoughts on Critical Inclusion

Diversity and Marginalisation in Childhood is a work of critical inclusive education. It is accessibly written but also demands critical thinking. Hamilton introduces readers to the philosophical and sociological schools upon which much policy and practice is based and encourages, through good use of case study-based tasks, readers to link theory with practice in inclusive education.