Inclusive Literacy

Researchers from three UK universities studied the way schools approach teaching literacy to children with severe learning difficulties.

 By Penny Lacey

This essay focuses on pupils with profound learning disabilities in a study of how schools approach teaching literacy to children with severe learning difficulties. The researchers invite us to expand our understanding of the word literacy beyond the conventional and to use the concept of inclusive literacy to include a wide range of activities – many of which use no text. 

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