Promoting inclusive practice / Christina Tilstone, Lani Florian, and Richard Rose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tilstone, Christina.

Contributor:

Florian, Lani.

Rose, Richard, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inclusive education--Great Britain.

Inclusive education.

Mainstreaming in education--Great Britain.

Mainstreaming in education.

Learning disabled children--Education--Great Britain.

Learning disabled children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Current policy demands that mainstream schools seek to include pupils with special educational needs. This book takes a close look at how exactly this aim can be achieved by examining the various parts of the educational process. The book discusses: the practicalities of inclusive education the gap between inclusive policy and practicea re-configured role for special schoolshow the process of inclusion will develop beyond the classroom.Individuals who have learning difficulties are increasingly finding their place in non-specialist schools. This book considers the ways in w

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Pragmatism not dogmatism: promoting more inclusive practice; Inclusive schooling; Inclusive practice: what, why and how?; The curriculum: a vehicle for inclusion or a lever for exclusion?; Personal and social development for pupils with learning difficulties; Equal opportunities and special educational needs: equity and inclusion; Managing change; Inclusive learning; Including pupils: developing a partnership in learning; Understanding challenging behaviour: prerequisites to inclusion

Promoting inclusion through learning stylesIndividual and whole class teaching; A reconfigured role for special schools; Moving towards the mainstream: vision and reality; A wider role for special schools?; Inclusion in national standards; Routes to inclusion; Multidisciplinary teamwork; Towards a more inclusive way of life; Planned transition from education to employment for young people with severe learning difficulties; Growing up; moving on; Quality of life as a consideration in the development of inclusive education for pupils and students with learning difficulties; Author index

Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781134678334

1134678339

9781134678341

1134678347

9781280334948

1280334940

9780203005620

0203005627

OCLC:

437078079