Poetry and the Struggle to Become Inclusive Educators - Before They Knew Ableism

The purpose of this book is to understand the tensions, perspectives and experiences of teachers as they work to create more inclusive mindsets and identities despite working in an educational system that allows for ability profiling and disability stigma in schools. This work fills a gap in the literature in that not much is known about the journeys teachers take as they come to identify as inclusive educators. Utilizing poetic inquiry, this book captures teachers' journeys through transcription poetry to offer more nuanced insights into their thoughts and experiences.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Ableism Hidden in Plain Sight.- 2. Poetic Inquiry. 3. Capturing Teacher Identity in Poetry.- 4. Coming to Know Disability.- 5. Tensions & Troubles.- 6.  Moving Toward Inclusive Mindsets.- 7. Moving Forward.

About the author

Kerry K. Cormier is an Instructor of Inclusive Education at Rowan University, USA. Her research interests center around understanding teacher identity, disability stigma, and inclusive mindsets in order to better create more inclusive practices in schools and society.

Product details

• Authors: Kerry Cormier, Kerry K Cormier, Kerry K. Cormier
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.02.2026
• EAN: 9783032121028
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3212102-8
• Illustrations: Approx. 160 p. 15 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; Pädagogik, Lehrerausbildung, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, Bildungsziel Inklusion, Inclusive Education, Book Club, Teaching and Teacher Education, Research Methods in Education, Education and Disability, Poetry and Poetics, poetic inquiry, DisCrit, teacher identity, Social justice in education, ableism in education