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Naming: An alternative approach to resource allocation in mainstream primary schools
Author(s) -
FACHERTY ANDREW,
HOWES JONATHAN,
TURNER CLIFF
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9604.1992.tb00459.x
Subject(s) - mainstream , negotiation , resource allocation , identification (biology) , service (business) , resource (disambiguation) , psychology , mainstreaming , mathematics education , pedagogy , business , computer science , sociology , special education , political science , marketing , computer network , social science , botany , law , biology
This article is concerned with the difficulties associated with the allocation of support teaching to mainstream primary schools. The authors propose an alternative system which they call ‘naming’. This involves specific procedures for the identification of children most in need and the negotiation of a contract between a learning support service and a child's parents. While acknowledging some defects in the procedures outlined, it is maintained that it is quicker, more flexible and cost effective than that indicated in the 1981 Act.