Equality, Participation and Inclusion 2
Diverse Contexts
Published on 6. August 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-84312-066-7 (ISBN)
Description
This edited collection by academics and professionals engages with a diversity of learners and learning contexts within the sphere of inclusive education. Exploring questions such as, how to respond to children at risk of exclusion, and what we can learn from each other in enhancing inclusion, this book includes: an examination of issues of gender, ethnicity, class, culture, sexuality and disability; and an examination of inclusive practice in different schools, different classrooms and beyond.
This book is a resource for students, teachers undergoing continual professional development, teaching assistants, inclusion coordinators and social workers.
This book is a resource for students, teachers undergoing continual professional development, teaching assistants, inclusion coordinators and social workers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84312-066-7 (9781843120667)
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Book
11/2010
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Persons
Melanie Nind is a Senior Lecturer in Inclusive and Special Education at The Open University; Kieron Sheehy is a lecturer in Inclusive and Special Education in the Centre for Curriculum and Teaching studies at The Open University; Katy Simmons is a lecturer in Inclusive and Special Education in the Centre for Curriculum and Teaching Studies at The Open University.
Content
Part 1: Introduction. Part 2: More than just the three 'R's; Reciprocal working by education, health and social services: lessons for a less-travelled road; Luke's story; inclusion for the difficult to include; Children's homes and school exclusion: redifining the problem; Early intervention in emotional and behavioural difficulties: the role of nurture groups; Child and parent relationships with teachers in schools responsible for the education of children with serious medical conditions. Part 3: Transitions; Inclusion at Bangabandhu school; Autism in special and inclusive schools: 'there has to be a point to their being there;' The index for inclusion: personal perspectives from early years educators; Changing from a special school to an inclusion service; Voices from segregated schooling: towards and inclusive education system. Part 4: On the margins; Equality, fairness and rights - the young person's voice; Disadvantage and discrimination compounded: the experience of Pakistani and Bangledeshi parents of disabled children in the UK; Teachers and gypsy travellers; Exclusion: a silent protest; Study support for young people with same-sex attraction - views and opinions from a pioneering support initiative in the north of England; Inclusive curricula? Pupils on the margins of special schools. Part 5: Inside Classrooms; Learning without limits; Breaking down barriers to inclusion in secondary school classrooms; Moments of inclusion and exclusion in the classroom. Part 6: Beyond Classrooms; Recognizing differences: reinterpreting family involvement in early literacy; Finding a way through bureaucracy - a community development approach; or Reflections on change at Pen Green.