Creating conversations: an inclusive approach to the international networking of knowledge about education. Issue 4 (23rd October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Miles, Susie
• Is Part Of: Journal of research in special educational needs. Volume 15:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 266
• Page End: 275
• Publication Date: 2013-10-23
• Subjects: Networking -- inclusive education -- disability -- autoethnography -- sub‐Saharan Africa; Special education -- Research -- Periodicals; 371.9
• DOI: 10.1111/1471-3802.12041
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-3802

Abstract

Abstract : Networking has been central to human communication and social engagement for centuries, but has changed dramatically with the advent of new technology. However, the practice of networking has received little academic attention and tends to be undertheorised. This paper considers the impact of the global digital and communication divide, and the contested nature of inclusive education, on the task of promoting information sharing internationally. A summative case study is presented of a network, established to support the documentation of promising practice on inclusive education in countries with limited access to information and material resources. The case study uses autoethnographic methods to identify key principles for the development of an inclusive network. The significance of this paper is in its proposition of a working model of inclusive networking, which has potential to be developed into a theory.