1st Edition
Mainstream or Special? Educating Students with Disabilities
By Josephine Jenkinson
Copyright 1997
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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There remains some controversy about how best to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs. Should they be educated in mainstream schools alongside their peers, or does this mean that specialist help and resources are denied to them? This book explores in depth the ways in which this problem has been tackled in Australia, the UK and Canada. It looks at the major issues which have... Read more
Part I Issues and outcomes in special education; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Educating students with disabilities; Chapter 3 Integration; Chapter 4 Outcomes; Chapter 5 Research in special education provision; Part II Models of educational provision; Chapter 6 The special school; Chapter 7 The best of both worlds?; Chapter 8 The special class; Chapter 9 Inclusive schooling; Part III Providing for special needs; Chapter 10 Teaching and learning; Chapter 11 Students with severe and multiple disabilities; Part IV Conclusion; Chapter 12 Trends and practices;
Biography
Josephine C.Jenkinson is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University, teaching graduate courses in disability studies and special education.
