ABSTRACT

In this Collected Works, Professor Peter Mittler brings together twenty-one of his key writings in one essential volume, providing a distinctive commentary on some of the most important issues in education over the last thirty years.

This unique collection illustrates the development of Professor Mittler’s thinking over the course of a long and esteemed career, encompassing his work on the origins of under-achievement, the ways in which obstacles to learning can be understood and overcome and the importance of human rights for all marginalised minorities. It follows the thread of his growing awareness that human development depends on a series of complex interactions between the ‘double helix’ of nature and nurture.

One of the world’s most respected and eminent scholars of the field of special needs and inclusive education, Professor Mittler includes chapters from his best-selling books and selected articles from leading journals, providing the reader with a chronological and global perspective on his work and thinking, and the impact it had at and beyond the time of writing.

chapter |13 pages

Planning for the 2040s

Everybody's business

chapter |21 pages

Parents and teachers

chapter |8 pages

Overview

chapter |10 pages

Conclusions

chapter |21 pages

Preparing for self-advocacy

chapter |16 pages

Integration

The shadow and the substance

chapter |7 pages

Foreword

Towards education for all (from Special Needs in Ordinary Schools series)

chapter |19 pages

Into the future

Tensions and dilemmas

chapter |16 pages

Warnock and Swann

Similarities and differences

chapter |14 pages

The global context of inclusive education

The role of the United Nations