Key Issues in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion
2nd Edition
Published on 5. October 2015
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-4739-1224-3 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding and engaging critically with the field of special educational needs and disability (SEND) is a difficult task. However, the new edition of this bestselling book continues to help students contextualize SEND in relation to historical, ideological and political developments as well as support them in developing a critical understanding of the complexities associated with inclusion.
Completely up to date with recent legislation such as the SEND Code of Practice (2014) there are case studies, reflections and activities which will help students question practice they have seen and experienced.
Covering the 0-25 age range this book is suitable for all those working with children and young people across education, health and social work.
Completely up to date with recent legislation such as the SEND Code of Practice (2014) there are case studies, reflections and activities which will help students question practice they have seen and experienced.
Covering the 0-25 age range this book is suitable for all those working with children and young people across education, health and social work.
Reviews / Votes
This highly engaging and accessible book critically explores the concept of Special Educational Needs and Inclusion from a plurality of perspectives. The author considers historical, cultural and social aspects of inclusion and uses case studies to illustrate the effects of policy and practice on the individual. This is an excellent, up-to-date resource for students of Education and education practitioners. -- Marion Jones, Professor of Teacher Education Alan Hodkinson has succeeded in producing a very readable, lucid and intelligently argued examination of SEN and inclusion in a national and international context. Students and teachers interested in reading a book that persuasively unlocks the development, principles and practices of this subject could do no better than to read this text. -- Keith CrawfordMore details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
527 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4739-1224-3 (9781473912243)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
08/2019
3rd Edition
SAGE Publications Ltd
€158.95
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Person
Alan Hodkinson was for many years a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) and senior manager in the primary school sector. Currently, he is an Associate Professor, in the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope University.
Content
CONTEXTUALISING SEN AND DISABILITIES
Introducing SEN
Principles of SEN: Theoretical Perspectives
Disability: Explanatory Beginnings
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF SEN AND INCLUSION
The Development of SEN: From Benevolent Humanitarianism to the Halfway House of Integration
The Emergence of Inclusive Education: From Humble Beginnings
OPERATIONALISING SEN AND INCLUSION
Current Legislation Governing SEN and Inclusion
Multi-agency Working
International Perspectives on SEN and Inclusive Education
Conclusions
Introducing SEN
Principles of SEN: Theoretical Perspectives
Disability: Explanatory Beginnings
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF SEN AND INCLUSION
The Development of SEN: From Benevolent Humanitarianism to the Halfway House of Integration
The Emergence of Inclusive Education: From Humble Beginnings
OPERATIONALISING SEN AND INCLUSION
Current Legislation Governing SEN and Inclusion
Multi-agency Working
International Perspectives on SEN and Inclusive Education
Conclusions