1st Edition

Conversations and Key Debates on Inclusive and Special Education Global Insights from ‘The Inclusion Dialogue’

By Joanne Banks Copyright 2025
156 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Based on the second series of the popular Inclusion Dialogue podcasts, Joanne Banks explores the tensions, debates and understandings of inclusive education in context of current policy changes. Featuring in-depth interviews with 12 world-renown academics, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the current tensions and conceptual understandings in the field. Delving further into... Read more

Introduction: Diving deeper into international debates in inclusive education - Joanne Banks 

Chapter 1: Mainstreaming the concept of equity and inclusion into Bangladeshi education: What can we learn from the experience? - Mohammad Tariq Ahsan 

Chapter 2: Looking back, looking forward: Progressing inclusive education - Suzanne Carrington 

Chapter 3: A personal reflection across decades of education - Chris Forlin 

Chapter 4: What "all" means - James M. Kauffman 

Chapter 5: Theorising the inclusionary–exclusionary continuum while investigating school situations - Johan Malmqvist  

Chapter 6: Contemporary complexities of inclusive education in the United States - Amanda Miller and Susan Gabel 

Chapter 7: Inclusion: Musings on process - Srikala Naraian 

Chapter 8: Learning from others: Comparing institutionalizations of special and inclusive education - Justin J.W. Powell 

Chapter 9: Are we preparing teachers to include or exclude? - Umesh Sharma 

Chapter 10: Reinventing the square wheel: The past and future of special and alternative education - Sally Tomlinson  

Chapter 11: Crossing disciplinary boundaries in inclusive education  - Joanne Banks 

Biography

Joanne Banks is a lecturer and researcher in Inclusive Education at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin. She has previously published The Inclusion Dialogue (2023, Routledge).