1st Edition
Special Educational Provision in the Context of Inclusion Policy and Practice in Schools
By Janice Wearmouth
Copyright 2001
336 Pages
by
David Fulton Publishers
336 Pages
by
David Fulton Publishers
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This text traces the development of special educational provision and goes on to concentrate on some of the key issues relevant to professionals currently working in the field. It looks at the recent drive towards inclusion and the implication this has for schools. In the present market-oriented context in education, there are a number of dilemmas facing schools that attempt to include all pupils... Read more
Part 1: Policy at national and local levels: the Warnock Report: 'The historical background'; Equal opportunities - for whom? Inclusive schools, the quality of education and OFSTED school inspection; Investigating inclusion: an evaluation of a teacher's professional development course. Part 2: Policy into practice in schools; The case of Downland; What's the weight of a badger? Teachers' experiences of working with children with learning difficulties; The special needs coordinator in the secondary school; Teacher support teams for special educational needs in primary schools; Working with outside agencies; Talking and working together; helping readers who have fallen behind; Listening to children; Pupil participation in the social and education processes of primary school; Classroom strategies for teacher and pupil support; Pygmalion lives on; Therapeutic provision in mainstream curricula for pupils with severe motor difficulties; Teachers and differentiation.
Biography
Janice Wearmouth
