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Headteachers and leadership in special education / Steve Rayner and Peter Ribbins.
LIBRA LC3986.G7 R39 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rayner, Stephen.
- Series:
- Management and leadership in education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Special education teachers--Great Britain.
- Special education teachers.
- Special education--Great Britain.
- Special education.
- School principals.
- Great Britain.
- School principals--Great Britain.
- Educational leadership--Great Britain.
- Educational leadership.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 326 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Cassell, 1999.
- Summary:
- This text examines the role of leaders and leadership in special education. It contains a mixture of interview material and academic reflection and includes a commentary on the current debate of the late 1990s surrounding special education.
- Contents:
- 1 Tales of heads: leaders and leadership in special education 1
- Appendix Interview schedule 51
- 2 Pursuing equal opportunities: a passion for service, sharing and sacrifice / Sudarshan Abrol, Peter Ribbins 54
- 3 Facilitating teachers and enabling learning: the leadership task in a special school / Rob Ashdown, Steve Rayner 79
- 4 Seriously seeking community education: making the special school special / Mike Clarke, Steve Rayner 110
- 5 Finite resource meeting infinite need: starting up an EBD support service / Phil Craig, Steve Rayner 134
- 6 In praise of inclusivity: managing special education in a large secondary school / John Evans, Peter Ribbins 157
- 7 Exorcizing the ghosts: life, leadership and special education / David Haigh, Peter Ribbins 185
- 8 Empowerment through communication: an integrated approach to special needs / Ann Hinchliffe, Peter Ribbins 212
- 9 Re-discovering the joy of learning: managing inclusion and EBD in a primary school / Chris Morgan, Steve Rayner 235
- 10 Owning headship: an exercise in common sense and leadership / Edna Ross, Steve Rayner 265
- 11 Making the mark: leading the way for special education / Rob Sammons, Steve Rayner 291
- 12 Leadership in special education: towards a reframed zeitgeist 313.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0304339717
- 0304339725
- OCLC:
- 40926165
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