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Education of Gypsy and Traveller Children, The: towards inclusion and educational achievement

by: Christine O'Hanlon and Pat Holmes

ISBN: 9781858562698

Price: £18.99

Any school that has Traveller pupils will find this book indispensible. it covers all the issues schools need to know:

• who the disperate groups of Gypsies and Travellers are, their community values and the implications for schools


• legislation and policies that affect Traveller families


• educational strategies for supporting pupils' mobility


• key education policy documents on the attainment of Traveller children.

Different schools respon in different ways. Through case story and action research, teachers working with Travellers in various schools consider issues of culturre, language, literacy, equality and inclusion and attendance in light of their own practice.

The handbook ends with a list of relevant resources and of European and English organisations. It will be useful to policy makers, local authority managers and students as well as schools.

Author Details

Dr Christine O'Hanlon is honorary Reader in education at the Centre for Applied Research, University of East Anglia. Her writing includes a staff development pack written for the European Federation for the Education of the Children of Occupational Travellers (EFCOT).

Dr Pat holmes manages the West midlands consortium Education Service for Travelling Children. She set up the National Association of Teachers of Trafvellers (NATT), which is a founder member of EFCOT.

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