"We are not friends with the dissimilarity": Social exclusion of elementary school pupil with special educational needs
2017
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to provide insights into the lives of children in an elementary school classroom in the Slovak Republic. Special attention is paid to the social position of pupils with special educational needs.
The text also includes a reflection on the roles of researchers in educational settings and on the writing of fieldnotes within the context of a school class. The article is based on qualitative inductive and ethnographic fieldwork.
Ethnographic observations play a key role in this fieldwork. The article shows examples of the marginalization and school bullying of a pupil with special educational needs.
To some degree, these examples need to be considered in the light of the boundaries of children's tolerance.