The News of Inclusive Education
A narrative analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12313305 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Dorries (Mary Baldwin College, corresponding author), Beth Haller (0000-0001-6002-5654, Mary Baldwin College) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 871-891 |
| Publication date | 2001-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disability & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-7599 • E-ISSN: 1360-0508 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09687590120084001 |
| OpenAlex | W2138119447 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper investigates a nationally publicized case in the debate over the best method of educating millions of children with severe disabilities. Using Fisher’s narrative paradigm, this paper analyses 4 years of the extensive media coverage of the legal battles of Mark Hartmann’s family. The 11-year-old’s parents took the Loudoun County, VA, Board of Education to court to reinstate their autistic son in a regular classroom. Much media attention focused on the story because it dramatized the issues concerning the national debate about inclusion. The paper provides a synopsis of the narratives about inclusive education within the news media that arose from their coverage of the Hartmann case. Through the press, competing interests told their stories to the public, hoping to win the moral high ground and persuade others of the ‘good reasons’ that support their understanding of the costs or bene fits of inclusion. Although the Hartmanns lost in court, this narrative analysis suggests that the family and its supporters provided more persuasive narrative themes in the news media’s court of public opinion, thus advancing the national inclusion movement
Art · Inclusion (mineral · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public relations · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Law · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social and Cultural Studies
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Narratives of funding related to inclusive education
Exploring a new inclusive model in Finnish early childhood special education
Integration versus segregation
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2020 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |