NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Showing all 6 results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Porter, Jill; Daniels, Harry; Feiler, Anthony; Georgeson, Jan – British Journal of Special Education, 2011
The Equality Act 2010 further enshrines the duties on organisations set out in the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 to safeguard the rights of vulnerable children. However, disability is a complex phenomenon, which makes the collection of data, and the subsequent identification of children who might be classed as disabled, problematic. This…
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Family Life, Disabilities, Surveys
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lewis, Ann; Parsons, Sarah; Robertson, Christopher; Feiler, Anthony; Tarleton, Beth; Watson, Debby; Byers, Richard; Davies, Jill; Fergusson, Ann; Marvin, Claire – British Journal of Special Education, 2008
Increasingly in recent years, the involvement of disabled people as co-researchers has been regarded as "good practice." This has been informed by growing participatory and emancipatory research paradigms as well as user-focused policy imperatives. The benefits of these shifts apply to the research itself (improved definition, direction,…
Descriptors: Reference Groups, Disabilities, Researchers, Research Projects
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Feiler, Anthony; Logan, Elaine – British Journal of Special Education, 2007
In this article, Anthony Feiler, senior lecturer in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol, and Elaine Logan, lecturer in early years education at the City of Bristol College, present a case study of a child who made strong progress with literacy during his first year at school. The child and his family participated in the…
Descriptors: School Culture, Early Childhood Education, Family Environment, Home Visits
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Feiler, Anthony – British Journal of Special Education, 2003
A project provided weekly home visits to support two children at risk of struggling with literacy during their first year at school. Results found the two families in the project responded positively to the home visits and maintained their engagement, and that the intervention was effective. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Feiler, Anthony; Gibson, Howard – British Journal of Special Education, 1999
This article explores four key threats to the movement toward inclusion within the field of special educational needs: the lack of precision in definitions of inclusion; the lack of research evidence, the tendency for some children to experience internal exclusion in the schools, and the continuing inclination to label children. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Change Strategies, Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Feiler, Anthony; Webster, Alec – British Journal of Special Education, 1998
The first of two studies examined the family literacy experiences of 10 young children in Britain. The second study traced the literacy progress of 66 first-year students, together with teachers' predictions and subsequent interventions. Findings indicated teachers' informal judgements did identify students with later problems but there was wide…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Identification, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries