Children and Young People as Social Actors in Families, Schools, Communities and Public Systems: Enhancing their quality of lifeJude MacArthurContact DetailsDr. Jude MacArthur
Phone: National 03-464-0798
Research InterestsI am a freelance researcher, recently retired from a position as senior researcher at the Donald Beasley Institute in Dunedin. My background is in primary teaching, and I have previously worked as a lecturer in Education at the University of Otago where I taught inclusive education and human development. My recent work has included a Marsden funded ethnographic project with Michael Gaffney (Children's Issues Centre), which looked at disabled children’s school experiences as they made the transition from primary to secondary school. Influenced by theoretical advances in disability studies and the new sociology of childhood, this study explored how factors relating to transition, culture, impairment, social relationships and school experience impact on children's identities. Disability and difference can be associated with negative experiences at school, and we have become interested in the various ways in which schools can support disabled children's agency and participation within the group of all children and encourage a positive sense of self that includes the experience of impairment. Selected PublicationsHiggins, N., MacArthur, J. & Rietveld, C. (2006). Higgledy-piggledy policy: Confusion about inclusion. Childrenz Issues, 10 (1), 30-36. MacArthur J. and Gaffney, M. (2001) Bullied and teased or just another kid? The social experiences of students with disabilities at school. Wellington, New Zealand Council for Educational Research. MacArthur, J. & Kelly, B. (2004). "I was born with a few disabilities - this does not stop me from trying my best and I give most things a go." Inclusion from the perspectives of students with disabilities. Set, Research Information for Teachers, 2; 44-48. MacArthur, J. (2005). Tensions and conflicts; Experiences in parent and professional worlds. In L. Ware (Ed.) The Politics of Inclusion. Rochester NY: Margaret Warner Graduate School, University of Rochester. MacArthur, J. McDonald, T., Caswell, P. & Simmons-Carlsson, C. (2007). Integrated Effective Practice for Students with Physical Disabilities: Case Studies. Wellington: Ministry of Education. MacArthur, J., Gaffney, M., Kelly, B., and Sharp, S. (2007). Disabled children negotiating school life: Agency, difference, teaching practice and education policy. International Journal of Children's Rights, 15, (1), 99-120. MacArthur, J., Kelly, B., & Higgins, N. (2005). Supporting the Learning and Social Experiences of Students with Disabilities: What Does the Research Say? In Fraser, D., Moltzen, R. & Ryba, K. (Eds). Learners with Special Needs in Aotearoa New Zealand. Victoria: Thomson Dunmore Press. MacArthur, J., Purdue, K & Ballard, K. (2003). Competent and confident children? Te Whariki and the inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood education. In J. Nuttal (Ed). Weaving Te Whariki; Aotearoa New Zealand's early childhood curriculum in theory and practice. (pp. 131-160). Wellington: NZCER. MacArthur, J.A., Kelly, B., Higgins, N., Phillips, H., McDonald, T.A., Morton, M. & Jackman, J. (2003). Building capability in education for students with moderate and high needs: Literature Review. Wellington; Ministry of Education. Purdue, K., Ballard, K., & MacArthur, J. (2001). Exclusion and inclusion in New Zealand early childhood education: Disability, discourses and contexts. International Journal of Early Years Education, 9, (1), 37-49.
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