1st Edition

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Inclusive Education

Edited By Sheelagh Maloney, Keith Topping Copyright 2004
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

This invaluable text draws together an impressive selection of articles on inclusion from a broad base to bring clarity and lucidity to a complicated subject. Whilst the majority of available texts deal with inclusive education within narrow parameters, this book aims to extend our understanding of inclusion by discussing issues of race, social disadvantage, gender and other factors. It... Read more
1. In Search of Inclusion  Part 1: Concepts and Context  2. Inclusive Education: The Ideals and the Practice  3. Inclusive Practice: What, Why and How?  4. Inclusive Education: Are There Limits?  Part 2: Gender, Race, Disability, Poverty, Social Class  5. Pupils' Perspectives on Their Education  6. Social Background and Achievement  7. The Context: A Problem of Gender  8. Connecting the Disconnected: Exploring Issues of Gender, Race and SEN within an Inclusive Context  Part 3: Exclusion From School: Problems and Challenges  9. The Challenge of Truancy and School Absenteeism  10. School Exclusions in the UK: Numbers, Trends and Variations  Part 4: Action in Schools  11. Adapting Curriculum and Instruction  12. Policies for Positive Behaviour Management  13. Peer and Cross-age Tutoring and Mentoring Schemes  Part 5: Promoting and Managing Systemic Change in Schools  14. Standards for Inclusion: Self-monitoring for School Improvement  15. Virginia Woolf High School  16. The Tide has Turned: A Case-study of One Inner City LEA Moving Towards Inclusion  Part 6: Post-School  17. Transition from School: How can it be Improved?  18. Everybody In? The Experience of Disabled Students in Further Education  19. Inclusive Education in Universities: Why it is Important and How it can be Achieved?

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Sheelagh Maloney, Keith Topping