Inclusion, participation, and democracy : what is the purpose? / edited by Julie Allan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Allan, Julie (Julie E.)

Series:

Inclusive education--cross cultural perspectives ; v. 2.

Inclusive education--cross cultural perspectives ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inclusive education--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.

Inclusive education.

Special education--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.

Special education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

The question of inclusive education is one which many societies are attempting to address. It is a fundamentally serious and complex issue raising challenges that cover conceptual, organizational, pedagogical, curricular and socio-economic concerns and questions. In this edited collection of papers the reader is confronted with these challenges through, on the one hand, a critical informative analysis of some of the key existing ideas and, on the other, a series of alternative insights and questions requiring further exploration and debate. Adding to the overall qu- ity of the book is the much needed cross-cultural dimension in terms of insights, knowledge, understanding and difficult questions. This is an important book in which new research and interpretations are reported on and discussed. Overall, the papers provide a serious critique of such factors as: the limitations of existing definitions of inclusive education; the narrowness of the focus within which inclusive issues are too often presented; the negative impacts of marketisation, performativity and the standards agenda on the realisation of inclusive values and practice and the constraints of significant socio-economic inequalities and disadvantages within and between communities and schools. These raise serious questions concerning the extent to which schools can make a positive difference in the lives of many pupils.

Contents:

Beyond Schooling

Including Ourselves: Teaching, Trust, Identity and Community

‘They Believe that They Participate ... but’: Democracy and Inclusion in Norwegian Schools

Participation and Democracy: What’s Inclusion Got to do with it?

Why does Education for all Have to be Inclusive Education?

Challenging Understanding

The Social Construction of Adulthood with a Difference in Iceland

Inclusion and Problem Groups: The Story of Adhd

Working Past Pity: What We Make of Disability in Schools

An Outsider’s Perspective on the Reality of Educational Inclusion Within Former Yugoslavia

Pressing for Change

Understanding the Changing Role of English Local Education Authorities in Promoting Inclusion

Daring to Think Otherwise? Educational Policymaking in the New Scottish Parliament

‘Race’ and the Discourse on ‘Inclusion’

Teacher Education, Government and Inclusive Schooling: The Politics of the Faustian Waltz

Concluding Remarks.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46178-0

9786610461783

0-306-48078-6

OCLC:

70741853