ABSTRACT

The satisfactory inclusion of children with disabilities in regular schools and classrooms provides a basis for debate from all corners of the world. This internationl collection looks at and analyzes the implications of policy for teachers, parents and students.; The views and experiences of exclusion and frustration are voiced by parents and students; this detail giving immediacy with theory developed in earlier chapters. Additionally, the experience of the integration of teachers is highlighted to provide examples of programmes, pedagogy and school organization, conducive to the inclusion of all students in the regular classroom.; This book is intended for use by post graduate and undergraduate students of education, teachers, researchers in special and regular education, counselling courses at student and teacher level.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

part |32 pages

A Segregated History

chapter |18 pages

Integration in Victorian Schools

Radical Social Policy or Old Wine?

chapter |12 pages

Divide and Rule

A Study of Two Dividing Practices in Queensland Schools

part |67 pages

Observations Abroad

chapter |9 pages

The Politics of Integration

Observations on the Warnock Report

chapter |14 pages

Special Educational Needs in a New Context

Micropolitics, Money and ‘Education for All'

chapter |13 pages

Hanging On by a Thread

Integration in Further Education in Britain

chapter |14 pages

From Integration to Inclusion

The Canadian Experience

part |134 pages

Politics and Pedagogy

chapter |16 pages

Implementing Policy

Some Struggles and Triumphs

chapter |14 pages

Schools and Contests

A Reframing of the Effective Schools Debate?

chapter |20 pages

Integrating the Secondary School Curriculum

Balancing Central and Local Policies

chapter |16 pages

Inclusive Learning Initiatives

Educational Policy Lessons from the Field

chapter |22 pages

Developing Effective Whole School Approaches to Special Educational Needs

From School Effectiveness Theory to School Development Practice

part |19 pages

Compelled to Speak

chapter |7 pages

Integration

Another Form of Specialism