1st Edition
The Knowledge of Inclusive Education An Ecological Approach
Chapter 1: Inclusive education: A knowledge practice based on an ecology of knowledges
Chapter 2: Types, typologies and triads: Knowledge for inclusive teaching
Chapter 3: “That’s where the action is”: Teacher educators in the inclusive education knowledge ecology
Chapter 4: Teachers as collective inclusive education knowledge bricoleurs
Chapter 5: “Think of what you could learn”: Parent knowledge in the inclusive education knowledge ecology
Chapter 6: “They don’t understand what we are going through”: The value of student voice in the inclusive education knowledge ecology
Chapter 7: Topics, trends and trajectories: Academic knowledge in the inclusive education knowledge ecology
Chapter 8: Toolkits and guideline documents: Grey literature in the inclusive education knowledge ecology
Chapter 9: Policy knowledge-making in the inclusive education knowledge ecology
Chapter 10: A decolonial and ecological undoing and redoing of inclusive education knowledge
Biography
Elizabeth Walton is a Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham and a Visiting Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. She has previously published Teacher Education for Diversity (2018, Routledge) and The Language of Inclusive Education (2016, Routledge).
This important book shines a light on the real experts on inclusive education – teachers, teacher educators, parents and students – and guides us through what we still need to know and do in order to be inclusive. Walton challenges us to ‘undo and redo’ inclusive education to rediscover the power and politics that must be at its heart and fills us with hope, courage and determination for an inclusive future.
Professor Julie Allan FAcSS, Professor of Equity and Inclusion, University of Birmingham, UK
In this expansive and field-shaping book, Walton takes readers through a sophisticated and thought-provoking journey of understanding the complex practice of inclusive education. It is recommended reading for all who are committed to the development of a more just and equitable inclusive education system in diverse contexts.
Professor Ruksana Osman, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Wits University, South Africa
An important book that brings together different 'knowledges' of inclusive education which can often exist in opposition or silos. Walton writes with clarity and rigour, challenges us to think differently and provides hope and direction for the future of inclusive education.
Tom Rees - Chief Executive, Ormiston Academies Trust, England, UK
