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Clare Lawrence is the English subject lead for the secondary PGCE at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln. As head of Participatory Autism Research, her interests include the full involvement of autistic people in all elements of autism research.
Children’s books containing Black autistic characters are rare. As Bishop (1990) explains, books offer windows into others’ experiences and act as mirrors for the way people see themselves....
Continue readingAutism is the most common type of identified need for pupils in English mainstream schools (DfE, 2018), yet despite the considerable focus on training, teachers continue to lack confidence in...
Continue readingRace is currently high in the news agenda. The Black Lives Matter movement reawakened societies’ awareness that racism remains an unresolved blight, and Meghan Markle’s recent revelations have...
Continue readingIn common with most teacher educators, I am a big fan of classroom talk. I continually stress to my English subject trainee teachers the huge value of the spoken word and invite them to be...
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