Connell, John (2023) Painting by Numbers: How Provision of Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities Leads to Exclusion from Further Education. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

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Abstract

People with Disabilities, be they physical, mental, or intellectual, have always been on the margins of modern western society. And as a marginalised group, find themselves subject to a disproportionate influence of power. This power comes in many forms, within their daily relationships and the power handed down through administrative processes. Post-Structuralist philosopher, Michel Foucault, believed that power influences how every member of society acts and thinks. Using Foucauldian principles, I demonstrate how power structures negatively affect the education of people with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Not only in the exorcizing of power over students, but how power acts within society to establish social norms, shaping the thoughts and opinions of educators, practitioners, and parents. Through discussions with practitioners within special education I have highlighted societal structures, through which power is manifested within this particular epoc of the Irish education system and made suggestions as to how provision can change to ensure SEN learners have greater access to educational opportunities, in whatever form that entails, for future generations.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Keywords:	Painting by Numbers; Provision of Education; Intellectual Disabilities; Exclusion; Further Education;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Adult and Community Education
Item ID:	17678
Depositing User:	IR eTheses
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2023 13:32
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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