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Approaches to Educational and Social Inclusion: International perspectives on theory, policy and key challenges book cover

1st Edition

Approaches to Educational and Social Inclusion International perspectives on theory, policy and key challenges

Edited By Gajendra K. Verma, Devorah Kalekin-Fishman Copyright 2017
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge
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In this insightful text, the editors reflect on contributions from scholars representing Bangladesh, Greece, India, Israel, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK and USA, by showing how the majority of educational and social institutions in both developed and developing countries have failed to overcome the many barriers to an effective integrated system of education, suggesting ways as to how these... Read more

PART I: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES

1. Education and Social Integration for All: Changing Mind-sets

GAJENDRA K. VERMA (UK)

2. Furthering Social Inclusion through Citizenship Education: Cultivating Civic Action in Early Childhood Education

DEVORAH KALEKIN-FISHMAN (Israel)

3. Pedagogies and Partnerships for Educating the Whole Child

CARL A. GRANT AND ELISABETH ZWIER (USA)

4. Broad-streaming through Creative Learning: An Approach towards Educational Inclusion

VIJOY PRAKASH (India)

PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY AND PRACTICE

5. Inclusive Education and Societal Development: An Indian Perspective

RAN BIJAY N. SINHA AND RUPA LAKSHMI (India)

6. The Field of Education in New Zealand: Inclusion/Exclusion in Schooling

CHARLES CROTHERS (New Zealand)

7. European Union Policies for Lifelong Learning: A 'Portal' to Social Inclusion?

EUGENIA PANITSIDOU (Greece)

8. Educational Policies and Teachers' Professional Development: Disability Issues

PANAGIOTIS GIAVRIMIS, STELLA GIOSSI, ADAMANTIOS PAPASTAMATIS (Greece)

9. Gender Parity: Inclusion/Exclusion in Bangladesh Education

SAMIR RANJAN NATH (Bangladesh)

PART III: CHALLENGES TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

10. Challenges for Education and Inclusiveness in India

MOHD AKHTAR SIDDIQUI (India)

11. Bilingual Immigrant Students and Inclusive Learning: Issues and Challenges

ELENI GRIVA (Greece)

12. Inclusive Learning: The Challenge of Special Needs

ROYSTON FLUDE (Switzerland)

13. Dyslexia: A Learning Disability in the Indian Context

MANJU KUMARI AND MONA TABASSUM (India)

14. Reaching the Unreached: Traverse of Alternative and Innovative Schools

K. GIREESAN (India)

Biography

Gajendra K. Verma is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Manchester, UK.

Devorah Kalekin-Fishman is Senior Researcher at the University of Haifa, Israel.

 

 

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