Meeting Our Responsibilities to All: Re-Cripping Classroom texts

Lawrence, C. and Mahon, C. (2024) Meeting Our Responsibilities to All: Re-Cripping Classroom texts. In: Socially Just Education in a Socially Unjust World: Challenges, Issues and Opportunities for the Teachers and Educators. Bloomsbury. (In Press)

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Abstract

Recent statistics suggest that 24% of the UK population is disabled (Gov.co.uk, 2023), and yet disability is rarely presented in classroom texts, and – when it is – may inadvertently reinforce ableist narratives. In this chapter we explore disability narratives as they appear in two key classroom texts Of Mice and Men (1937) and Wonder (2012). Readers are guided to critique the ableist narratives within these texts and to consider pedagogical approaches which might support them to acknowledge the experiences of some, both in and out of their classroom. Using the theoretical lens of Crip theory, we invite teachers to consider ‘re-cripping’ their approaches to texts, to their classrooms and to themselves, for the benefit of all.

Item Type:	Book Section
Divisions:	School of Teacher Development
Depositing User:	Clare Lawrence
Date Deposited:	20 Dec 2024 10:38
Last Modified:	20 Dec 2024 10:38
URI:	https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1192

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