?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Loneliness+and+classroom+participation+in+adolescents+with+learning+disabilities+%3A+a+social+cognitive+view&rft.creator=Wainman%2C+Briony+Mary&rft.subject=loneliness%2C+learning+disabilities%2C+classroom+participation%2C+social+cognitive+theory%2C+social+model+of+disability%2C+social+skills%2C+bullying%2C+peer-rejection%2C+social+perception%2C+social+awareness%2C+constructionism%2C+Bandura%2C+ethnography%2C+narrative&rft.description=Students+with+learning+disabilities+(LD)+often+experience+significant+feelings+of+loneliness.+There+is+some+evidence+to+suggest+that+these+feelings+of+loneliness+may+be+related+to+social+difficulties+that+are+linked+to+their+learning+disability.+Adolescents+experience+more+loneliness+than+any+other+age+group%2C+primarily+because+this+is+a+time+of+identity+formation+and+self-evaluation.+Therefore%2C+adolescents+with+learning+disabilities+are+highly+likely+to+experience+the+negative+feelings+of+loneliness.+Many+areas+of+educational+research+have+highlighted+the+impact+of+negative+feelings+on+learning.+This+begs+the+question%2C+%3Dare+adolescents+with+learning+disabilities+doubly+disadvantaged+in+regard+to+their+learning%3F%E2%80%98+That+is%2C+if+their+learning+experience+is+already+problematic%2C+does+loneliness+exacerbate+these+learning+difficulties%3F+This+thesis+reveals+the+findings+of+a+doctoral+project+which+examined+this+complicated+relationship+between+loneliness+and+classroom+participation+using+a+social+cognitive+framework.+In+this+multiple+case-study+design%2C+narratives+were+constructed+using+classroom+observations+and+interviews+which+were+conducted+with+4+adolescent+students+(2+girls+and+2+boys%2C+from+years+9-12)+who+were+identified+as+likely+to+be+experiencing+learning+disabilities.+Discussion+is+provided+on+the+method+used+to+identify+students+with+learning+disabilities+and+the+related+controversy+of+using+disability+labels.+A+key+aspect+of+the+design+was+that+it+allowed+the+students+to+relate+their+school+experiences+and+have+their+stories+told.+The+design+included+an+ethnographic+element+in+its+focus+on+the+interactions+of+the+students+within+the+school+as+a+culture+and+elements+of+narrative+inquiry+were+used%2C+particularly+in+reporting+the+results.+The+narratives+revealed+all+participants+experienced+problematic+social+networks.+Further%2C+an+alarmingly+high+level+of+bullying+was+discovered.+Participants+reported+that+when+they+were+feeling+rejected+or+were+missing+a+valued+other+they+had+little+cognitive+energy+for+learning+and+did+not+want+to+be+in+school.+Absenteeism+amongst+the+group+was+high%2C+but+this+was+also+true+for+the+rest+of+the+school+population.+A+number+of+relationships+emerged+from+the+narratives+using+social+cognitive+theory.+These+relationships+highlighted+the+impact+of+cognitive%2C+behavioural+and+environmental+factors+in+the+school+experience+of+lonely+students+with+learning+disabilities.+This+approach+reflects+the+social+model+of+disability+that+frames+the+research.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2010&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F38536%2F1%2FBriony_Wainman_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F38536%2F2%2FBriony_Wainman_Citation.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F38536%2F3%2FInterviews.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F38536%2F4%2FObservations.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F38536%2F5%2FProject_Notes.pdf&rft.relation=Wainman%2C+Briony+Mary+(2010)+Loneliness+and+classroom+participation+in+adolescents+with+learning+disabilities+%3A+a+social+cognitive+view.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F38536%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education%3B+Office+of+Education+Research