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Interpretive Case Study

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An investigative case study into the hypothesis that a child with Special Educational Needs achieves more in the classroom when given 1-1 support from a qualified adult, (teaching assistant or teacher). In terms of what the child can achieve in the lesson, the work that they produce and their overall understanding of the task.

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This research is important as Stoke-on-Trent has a high percentage of pupils with Special Educational Needs compared with the figures for the rest of the country and this figure is set to rise over the coming years as the number of children being classified as SEN rises. In 2009 the national statistics set Stoke as having an average of 3.3% (Stoke-on-Trent Children and Young People’s Needs Assessment, 2009) …show more content…

This will be done by addressing and answering the following questions:
Why isn 't there more support in place for SEN children in the average classroom?
What is the best way to help a child with SEN achieve in the classroom?
And what barriers can an SEN Child face when learning in a mainstream …show more content…

Interpretive theory gives to developing theory around a theory and gaining opinions and personal facts (Schutz, 1973) oppose to positivism which focuses around an objective reality. However, in the world of education and individual children, interpretation of a situation plays a big part so therefore there is not always object knowledge that is free from opinion. Interpretivism allows a deeper insight into ‘the complex world of lived experience from the point of view of those who live it’ (Schwandt, 1994, p.118). This research will be qualitative rather than quantitative, as it will focus only on one child and will not benefit from mass statistics or surveys. Qualitative data builds a rich and in-depth study into a social human situation in which the research is often conducted in a natural setting and takes into consideration the thoughts and views of the participant (Creswell, 1998). Interpretivist approaches often lend to a qualitative approach, though they are not one of the same, “qualitative research may or may not be interpretive depending upon the
Philosophical assumptions of the researcher” (Klein & Myers, p. 69), the interpretivist aspect comes from the opinions of the researcher. This kind of research could not be done without interpretation as it is based on a personal one to one level. It cannot be a quantitative study as there would be no data to analyse and it would lack the depth to reach a

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