Sarah,

individual needs (described functionally) I can see a reason for.
But personally I would have to question whether Ethnic Minority, Social 
Class and Gender are useful concepts to base provision around in the 
future.  They seem to me to be a one-size-fits-all approach and in many 
domains there has been strong scientific argument that the concepts are 
not useful.

This podcast very makes the argument about genetic traits having a finer 
granularity than provided for by such categorisations in a very 
entertaining way

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2008/11/28

Should we be continuing to support such concepts or looking for ways to 
move forwards towards more personalised approaches ?

andy


> Hi everyone,
>
> I said I'd summarise response to this for the list: I didn't get much
> that was useful as a taxonomy for describing Special Educational Needs
> or Ethnic Minority, Social Class and Gender.  I got quite a few
> responses re vocabs and specs for assistive technology and Web
> accessibility which wasn't quite what we were looking for.
>
> I did however get one response with some SEN terms in the vocabulary:
> from Lesley Mackenzie-Robb, re the DCSF Family Information Directory
> vocabulary she has worked on.  So contact her if that's of interest:
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> It still wasn't quite what I was looking for so we're creating our own
> vocabulary which will be made publicly available as soon as we're done.
> I'll let the list know when that happens.
>
> Best wishes, and many thanks to all those colleagues who took the time
> to respond, I do appreciate the effort!
>
> Sarah
>
>
>
> On 4 May 2010 11:23, Sarah Currier <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>
>     I'm currently trying to identify existing controlled
>     vocabularies/taxonomies for description around inclusion of learners
>     with different needs (at primary and secondary level- but other
>     vocabularies are of interest).  If you have such a vocabulary that
>     is openly available for reuse, please read on!
>
>     I've currently used the Lexaurus Bank (http://public.lexaurus.net/
>     which used to be the Becta Vocabulary Bank - oh how I wish they'd
>     funded this as a proper service because even as it is, it's been SO
>     helpful- yay registries!) to identify vocabularies from QCA, QIA
>     (LSIS), NDRB and Curriculum Online.  So I'm looking for any *other*
>     vocabularies.  Probably UK-only as this is the type of area that
>     tends to be very jurisdiction-specific (but if you fancy sending me
>     a non-UK vocabulary I'm sure it would be of interest for later
>     collation).
>
>     Just to be clear, I'm looking for vocabularies that describe learner
>     attributes such as their Special Educational Needs (SEN -
>     disabilities, learning difficulties, etc. etc.), and things like
>     ethnicity, social class and gender.
>
>     Please email me off-list and I'll collate for the list later.
>
>     Many thanks
>     Sarah
>
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>



Cheers

andy
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