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‘If they don’t listen I shout, and when I shout they listen’: hearing the voices of girls with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties

‘If they don’t listen I shout, and when I shout they listen’: hearing the voices of girls with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties
‘If they don’t listen I shout, and when I shout they listen’: hearing the voices of girls with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties
Young people particularly girls, constructed in the education system as having behavioural, emotional and social difficulties are amongst the most ‘missing voice[s] in research’ (Lloyd & O’Regan, 2000). Frequently denied a place to speak from, we direct attention to the importance of hearing girls, who are troubled and troubling and deemed ‘doubly deviant’ in their resistance to both school rules and gender-stereotyped norms (Lloyd, 2005), speak about their dis/engagement in education. We argue that participatory research methods can provide meaningful ways for girls to construct and better understand their own narratives. In so doing we draw on our ongoing research in England with teenage girls excluded from mainstream provision. Findings from analysis of their narratives are discussed in relation to Lundy’s (2007) key elements of voice, space, audience and influence. This process reveals the significance of hearing and responding to the multilayered complexities of girls’ voices in purposeful ways.
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Clarke, Gill
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Boorman, Georgie
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Nind, Melanie
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Clarke, Gill
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Boorman, Georgie
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Nind, Melanie
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Clarke, Gill, Boorman, Georgie and Nind, Melanie (2011) ‘If they don’t listen I shout, and when I shout they listen’: hearing the voices of girls with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. British Educational Research Journal, 37 (5), 765-780. (doi:10.1080/01411926.2010.492850).

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Young people particularly girls, constructed in the education system as having behavioural, emotional and social difficulties are amongst the most ‘missing voice[s] in research’ (Lloyd & O’Regan, 2000). Frequently denied a place to speak from, we direct attention to the importance of hearing girls, who are troubled and troubling and deemed ‘doubly deviant’ in their resistance to both school rules and gender-stereotyped norms (Lloyd, 2005), speak about their dis/engagement in education. We argue that participatory research methods can provide meaningful ways for girls to construct and better understand their own narratives. In so doing we draw on our ongoing research in England with teenage girls excluded from mainstream provision. Findings from analysis of their narratives are discussed in relation to Lundy’s (2007) key elements of voice, space, audience and influence. This process reveals the significance of hearing and responding to the multilayered complexities of girls’ voices in purposeful ways.

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Published date: 2011
Organisations: Social Justice & Inclusive Education

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Local EPrints ID: 152277
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/152277
ISSN: 0141-1926
PURE UUID: f4dae70f-8c86-426c-83e4-1c648fdc6a7b
ORCID for Melanie Nind: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4070-7513

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Date deposited: 17 May 2010 09:14
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:49

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Author: Gill Clarke
Author: Georgie Boorman
Author: Melanie Nind ORCID iD

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