SEN Policies and migrant children in Italian schools
Micro-Exclusions Through Discourses of Equality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2918445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valentina Migliarini (0000-0002-0823-9847, University of Bologna, corresponding author), Simona D’alessio (0000-0002-5390-7090, Knowledge and Human Development Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Fabio Bocci (Scienze della Formazione, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tre, Rome, Italy) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 887-900 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01596306.2018.1558176 |
| OpenAlex | W2904945629 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article analyses the underpinnings and implementation of Special Educational Needs (SEN) policies in Italy, within the internationally celebrated policy arena of Integrazione Scolastica (i.e. school integration), through an equity prism. The aim is to explore the extent to which SEN policies in Italy foster inclusion and equity in education, particularly when targeting migrant children. In doing so, the paper intends to advance critical thinking about the recent phenomenon of over-representation, or ‘SENitization’, of students from migrant backgrounds within the SEN macro-category in Italy, by examining policy narratives both nationally and locally. Analysing the policies through the intersectional lens of Disability Critical Race Theory in education framework, this article suggest that Italian SEN policies legitimates forms of micro-exclusions of migrant students in mainstream classrooms, despite discursive promises of equality for all students
Critical race theory · Intersectionality · Mainstream · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion · Disability Rights and Representation · Education Discipline and Inequality · Gender Studies · Law
Discipline, Conformity, Compliance—An Analysis of Italy and Tunisia’s Education Guidelines for ‘Westernized’, White, Middle-Class Nations
Exploring Narratives of Teachers Working with Culturally Diverse Students
SENitizing’ migrant children in inclusive settings
SEN Policies and migrant children in Italian schools
How Schools Do Policy
Who Benefits From Special Education?
A Sociology of Special and Inclusive Education
Within-Group Diversity in Minority Disproportionate Representation
Critical discourse analysis
The Globalization of White Supremacy
The Disability Studies Reader
Elite Discourse and Racism
The song remains the same
Colour-evasiveness’ and racism without race
Formations of Globality and Radical Politics
Towards a contextual psychology of disablism
Migration and ethnic group disproportionality in special education
DisCrit Classroom Ecology
Disability Justifies Exclusion of Minority Students
Toward an Interdisciplinary Understanding of Educational Equity and Difference
Globalisation, Globalism and Cosmopolitanism as an Educational Ideal
Unspeakable Offenses
Dis/ability critical race studies (DisCrit)
SEN Policies and migrant children in Italian schools
Untangling the Racialization of Disabilities
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |