Dr Kevin Wright
Senior Personal Tutor (Undergraduate)

- Moray House School of Education and Sport, IETL
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0) 131 651 6676
- Email: kevin.wright@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, CH 4.14
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
I taught in schools in Scotland for 13 years. I began as a primary class teacher, then moved in to Support for Learning, and finally taught pupils with complex needs.
In 2005 I was seconded to Moray House School of Education as a Teaching Fellow and in 2008 I took up the post of lecturer. Most of my teaching at Moray House is in undergraduate courses, where I am particularly interested in additional support for learning. I also teach at MSc level.
I completed my PhD on the experiences of female classroom assistants and how such women negotiate their roles within the micro-political world of the primary school. My PhD considered the intersection of a Bourdieuian account of class, ‘emphasised femininity’, ‘respectability’, and the ‘atrocity story’ to account not only for these women’s constant struggle for recognition, but also their continuing oppression.
Qualifications
- 1986: BA (Hons) Sociology (University of Lancaster)
- 1992: PGCE Primary Education (Jordan Hill College of Education)
- 1999: PG Diploma in Special Educational Needs (Moray House Institute of Education)
- 2001: PG Diploma Educational Leadership and Management (SQH) (University of Edinburgh)
- 2005: MA Education (Open University)
- 2015: PhD, ‘Classroom Assistants Use of Talk in the Construction and Negotiation of Identities’ (University of Edinburgh)
Undergraduate teaching
- Primary Studies 1: The Nature of Knowledge (Course Organiser)
- Additional Support for Learning (Course Organiser)
- Education 1a
- Primary Studies 2
- Primary Studies 3
- PEP3
Areas of interest for supervision
I am happy to supervise research in the following areas:
- Support Staff
- Inclusion
- Additional Support Needs
Research summary
I am interested in the role of support staff in schools and how this helps us to understand issues of inclusion and additional support needs.
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CREID Briefing 40: Analysis of key informant interviews: Scotland
(13 pages)
Research output: › Other report (Published) -
Working Paper 5: Analysis of key informant interviews: Scotland
(53 pages)
Research output: › Working paper (Published) -
Communication Matters: Improving Communication in Additional Support Needs
(28 pages)
Research output: › Other report (Published) -
Theorising equality in education: What can be learnt from the field of additional support needs?
In:
Education et Sociétés, vol. 1, pp. 67-83
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3917/es.027.0067
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Parental experiences of dealing with disputes in Additional Support Needs in Scotland: Why are parents not engaging with mediation?
In:
International Journal of Inclusive Education, pp. 1–16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2010.548103
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
'Count us in' - Achieving inclusion in Scottish schools: An analysis of policy
(12 pages)
In:
International Journal of Inclusive Education, vol. 14, pp. 153-164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13603110802504184
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Additional support needs reforms and social justice in Scotland
(21 pages)
In:
International Studies in Sociology of Education, vol. 20, pp. 179-199
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2010.516106
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Researching the views of pupils with multiple and complex needs. Is it worth doing and whose interests are served by it?
(8 pages)
In:
Support for Learning, vol. 23, pp. 32-40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9604.2007.00366.x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)