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Hopes, Misunderstandings and Possibilities of Narrating for Inclusive Education

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Narrating can be a means of social inclusion, but educators and researchers seeking this result must address the social relational nature of the narrative process. This chapter explains narrating as a social relational process in the context of a contemporary social inclusion project in the United States – the community college.

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Daiute, C., Kreniske, P. (2016). Hopes, Misunderstandings and Possibilities of Narrating for Inclusive Education. In: Surian, A. (eds) Open Spaces for Interactions and Learning Diversities. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-340-7_5

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