1st Edition
From Them to Us An International Study of Inclusion in Education
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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Inclusive education has become a phrase with international currency shaping the content of conferences and national educational policies around the world. But what does it mean? Is it about including a special group of disabled learners or students seen to have 'special needs' (them) or is it concerned with making educational institutions inclusive, responsive to the diversity of all their... Read more
List of contributors, Acknowledgements, 1 From them to us: setting up the study, 2 USA: I kind of wonder if we’re fooling ourselves, 3 USA Response: Liberating voices?, 4 Scotland: Mainstreaming at the margins, 5 Scotland Response: Professionals at the centre?, 6 New Zealand: Inclusive school, inclusive philosophy? 7 New Zealand Response: One philosophy or two?, 8 Norway: Adapted education for all? 9 Norway Response: Adapted education for some?, 10 The Netherlands: A springboard for other initiatives, 11 The Netherlands Response: Plunging into inclusion?, 12 Ireland: Integration as appropriate, segregation where necessary, 13 Ireland Response: Limited resources for inclusion?, 14 Australia: Inclusion through categorisation?, 15 Australia Response: Paying attention to disorder?, 16 England: Inclusion and exclusion in a competitive system, 17 England Response: We wonder if we’re fooling ourselves, 18 Making comparisons: drawing conclusions, Bibliography, Name index, Subject index
Biography
Mel Ainscow, Tony Booth
