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Enhancing skills for inclusion: using appreciative inquiry to improve classroom dynamics

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Inclusion
Behaviour

Where can I find out more?

For a case study example of how another school has used Appreciative Inquiry, you might find the following helpful. This includes a video and example interview frameworks.
Heathside School – a play in two acts. http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/practice/organizationDetail.cfm?coid=2338&sector=25 (Accessed on 17/07/07).

For another digest on improving inclusion in the classroom, you might be interested in:
Widening access to educational opportunities through teaching children how to reason together. http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/speakandlisten/wegerif_access/?version=1 (Accessed on 17/07/07).

Another digest which looks at children’s social behaviour is:
Assessing children's perceptions of prosocial and antisocial peer behaviour. http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/pupil_voice/1138789/ (Accessed on 17/07/07).

For further case study examples of how the authors have used Appreciative Inquiry, you might find the following references helpful:

Doveston, M and Keenaghan, M. (2006) Improving classroom dynamics to support students’ learning and social inclusion: a collaborative approach. Support for Learning, 21 (1), 5-11.

Doveston, M. (2007) Developing capacity for social and emotional growth: an action research project.  Pastoral Care in Education, 25 (2), 46-54.