1st Edition
Overcoming Adversity in Education
Education exists within a complex and changing world and many learners face a variety of risk factors – conditions, circumstances, situations, or events – that threaten to negatively impact upon their development and achievement. These factors include disability, race, gender, poverty, violence, and natural disasters. It is adversities such as these that this book addresses – what they are, how they impact on learners, and how to successfully address them. Uniquely, Overcoming Adversity in Education takes an international approach, with structured chapters by experts from around the world, to inform successful local practices. The book explains why understanding adversity in education is so important, and explores, through practical case studies, ways in which individuals, institutions, and cultures/societies can help create positive outcomes for learners. The reader will find, and be able to draw upon, exemplars of practice that illustrate the principles of creating and implementing successful proactive approaches, interventions, and coping strategies.
Overcoming Adversity in Education: Challenges and Opportunities in a Complex and Changing World
Andrew J. Holliman and Kieron Sheehy
1. How Neuroscience Can Help to Overcome Adversity in Education
Rachel R. Romeo and Joanna A. Christodoulou
2. Language Difficulties and Education
Nenagh Kemp
3. Overcoming Literacy Difficulties in Education
Yijun Ruan and Catherine McBride
4. Promoting Positive Educational Outcomes for Children and Young People with Sensory Impairments through a Dual Approach to Access
Mike McLinden, Graeme Douglas, Emmanouela Terlektsi, and Rachel Hewett
5. Adaptability and Educational Transitions
Andrew J. Holliman, Catriona Connolly, Andrew J. Martin, and Rebecca J. Collie
6. How Might Domestic Violence Prevent a Child from Fulfilling their Academic Potential?
Erica Bowen
7. The Home Learning Environment as a Means to Overcome Adversities in Education
Simone Lehrl
8. Overcoming Adversity from Large-scale Crises and Disasters
Carol A. Mutch
9. Overcoming Bullying in Education
Cirenia Quintana-Orts, Conor Mc Guckin, Rosario Del Rey, and Joaquín A. Mora-Merchán
10. Helping Those that Don’t Fit: Impacts, Causes, and Solutions for Students Who Don’t Feel Like They Belong at School
Kelly-Ann Allen, Christopher Boyle, Margaret L. Kern, Denise Wong, and Angela McCahey
11. Overcoming Adversity for Disabled Students in Higher Education in Indonesia
Sujarwanto and Kieron Sheehy
12. Widening Participation in Higher Education
John Butcher
13. Childhood Stress in Education
Meena Hariharan, Sandra Roshni Monteiro, Meera Padhy, and Usha Chivukula
14. The SENCO’s Role in Overcoming School Adversity for Children with Special Educational Needs
Graeme J. Dobson
15. A Cross-cultural Perspective of Children’s Mental Health in School: An Exacerbated Issue during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Keri Ka-Yee Wong
16. Overcoming School Adversity for LGBT+ students
Adam Jowett
17. Eliminating Hate in Colleges/Schools of Education to Build Multicultural Communities
Festus E. Obiakor
18. Indigenous (Aboriginal, First Nations) Students Overcoming Academic Adversity: The Roles of Educational Resilience, Motivation and Engagement, and Teacher-student Relationships
Andrew J. Martin, Lauren Tynan, Rebecca J. Collie, Michelle Bishop, and Kevin Lowe
19. Overcoming Adversity for Marginalised Adolescent Girls in Zimbabwe
Liz Chamberlain, Alison Buckler, Kelly Worwood, Obert Chigodora, Charlotte Y.P. Chishava, and Claire Hedges
20. Open Schooling to Empower Brazilian Teachers: Emancipatory Fun in Education for a Sustainable Innovation Ecosystem
Alexandra Okada, Karine Pinheiro de Souza, Miriam Struchiner, Cíntia Rabello, and Luziana Quadros da Rosa
21. The Academic and Cultural Demands-Resources (ACD-R) Framework: Supporting the Academic Development of Culturally and Ethnically Diverse Students
Andrew J. Martin and Rebecca J. Collie
22. A Multidimensional Perspective on Adversity: From Peace to Understanding
Kieron Sheehy and Andrew J. Holliman
Biography
Andrew J. Holliman, BSc (Hons), MA, MSc, PhD, is Associate Professor (Teaching) in Psychology at the Institute of Education, University College London; Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society; and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research interests include the psychology of education, teaching and learning in higher education, and the development of children’s literacy. He recently co-edited Education and New Technologies: Perils and Promises for Learners (2018, Taylor & Francis/Routledge) and is the co-editor of the Current Debates in Educational Psychology series (Taylor & Francis/Routledge).
Kieron Sheehy, PhD, is Professor of Education (Innovation Pedagogies) and Research Director, Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport at the Open University, UK. Kieron’s research interests are within the broad field of inclusive education, often focusing on how teaching approaches or services can be developed to successfully support diverse groups of learners. He has a particular interest in addressing issues for those who might be stigmatised and excluded within educational systems. Most recently, he has been working with RUMPUS, a research group looking at fun in learning, and ASSIK (Anak Setara SIaga Kebencanaan), developing innovative and inclusive disaster risk reduction education.
