Reading stories of inclusion: Engaging with different perspectives towards an agenda for inclusion

Reading stories of inclusion: Engaging with different perspectives towards an agenda for inclusion (2009)

by Dr Andrew Azzopardi

 Author's Description

In writing this work I have tried to get beneath the clichés of disability metaphors to

reveal the social constructions surrounding this theme. In this research, I have

sought to understand inclusion within the various experiences I am engaged with in

my professional and academic responsibilities. Being an ocular-centred community,

we need to "see" what is happening and to read stories that are close to the reality

we are succumbed in. These are stories that transcend from the people to the

people, rather than from the researchers/academics to researchers/academics. That

is why this work becomes the process of not only identifying the complex dynamics

and snags surrounding the "inclusion" agenda I am engrossed in, but also maps out a

way to get back on trail and to come up with the answers.


_ Paperback: 296 pages

_ Publisher: VDM Verlag (April 22, 2009)

_ Language: English

_ ISBN-10: 3639141423

_ ISBN-13: 978-3639141429

_ Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches


About the Author

Dr. Andrew Azzopardi is a Lecturer with the Department of Youth & Community

Studies at the University of Malta. His lecturing focuses on sociology, critical

pedagogy, disability politics, inclusive & multicultural education, community

management, youth & community studies. He is currently coordinating a Masters in

Inclusive Education & Communities.