From special to inclusive education in India : case studies of three schools in Delhi / Madan Mohan Jha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jha, Madan Mohan, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special education--India--Delhi.

Special education.

Inclusive education--India--Delhi.

Inclusive education.

Children with disabilities--Education--India--Delhi.

Children with disabilities.

Education and state--India--Delhi.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Case studies of three schools in Delhi

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Pearson, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

From Special to Inclusive Education in India: Case Studies of Three Schools in Delhi focuses on the growing international interest in inclusive education and on how to offer equal education to all children regardless of their needs, or their social, cultural and economic backgrounds. With the number of private schools that admit children identified with special needs, particularly of the non-physical and non-sensory categories, as a part of "integrated" or "inclusive" education, increasing in India, the challenges of inclusive education in India are also many. The concerns that require attention involve the inclusion of children with disabilities and special needs, those from socially and economically disadvantaged groups and from diverse cultural and linguistic groups, and those alienated in classrooms that offer non-relevant curricula and teacher-centred methods. This book discusses these issues and challenges against the background of the existing educational system. Using a case study approach, the author has examined three different schools in Delhi where "special" needs children have been admitted, and has analysed the findings against the background of the Indian education policy and its provisions for special education.

Contents:

Cover

About the Author

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Message

Chapter 1: Introduction: From Special to Inclusive Education

What is Special Education?

Psycho-Medical Models and IQ

Models and Discourses

Integration

Inclusive Education

Some Debates on Inclusion

Chapter 2: The Indian School System: Policy and Reality

Governance and Structure

Central Institutions

Schooling Satterns

Equity in Indian Schools

The Common School and National Education Policy

Non-formal Education

Private Schools

Economics, Choice and Quality

Defining disabIlity and Special Needs

Educating Children with Special Needs

Special Needs and the National Policy

Disability Law

Schools in Delhi

Special Needs Education in Delhi Schools

Summary

Chapter 3: Gyan Vihar School: A School with a Unit

The Main School

The Special Education Unit-A School Within a School?

The Special Unit and School Policies

Organizational Policies

Cultures and Practices

Who are the Special Children?

Vasudha

Bharat

Alisa

Arnab

The Making of a Special Child

The role of IQ

The Social Construction of the Special Child

The Special Experience

Peers and Friendships

What is Special About Special Education?

Teaching Special Children

Teacher-Student Interactions

Parents Perspectives

Teachers Perspectives

Chapter 4: Plain Field School: A School with a Difference

Differential Features

Vision and Culture

NOS Children

The Special Education Department and its Identity

Organisational Policies and Practices

Therapist Services

The Abolition of the Special Sector

Thirty Plus

Other Activities and Facilities

Four Special Children: Whose Responsibility?

Rohini

Swarnjit

Rishav.

Ankur

Why Me?

On the Margin

Peers and Friends

Social Construction: Identities and Labelling

Unquestioned Responsibility?

Special Education: How Different

Special Pedagogy and Curriculum

Pedagogy and Classroom Ecology

Teaching Special Children?

Perspectives on School Inclusion

Parents and Inclusion

Heads and Teachers on Inclusion

Chapter 5: St. Cross School: A School 'Doing Inclusion

History, Values and Outreach

An Inclusive School

The Organisation of Special Education

Why no Special Teachers?

Admission and Reports

Facilities and Participation

Special Children: Helped and Cared for?

Onam

Akash

Aman

Nick

Socially Constructed Identifiers

Peer Relationships

Helping and Caring

Special Education Without Special Teachers?

Akash's Class

Onam's Class

Outreach Class

Aman's Class

Nick's Class

Special Attention

Classroom Ecology

Inclusion Into What?

Integration and Inclusion

Education for What?

A Changing School?

Chapter 6: Comparing and Contrasting Themes

The Settings and Access

Securing Access and Parental Satisfaction

Special Children as 'They'

'They' and the Teachers

Common Vocabularies

Inside the Classroom

Ecological Variations in the Classroom

Outside the Classroom

On the Games Field

The Meaning of Inclusion

Perceptions of Special Education

Special Needs

Chapter 7: Making Sense of Inclusion

Same Goals But Different Settings

School-parent Encounters

Understanding School Policies

Discussing the Discourses

Psycho-medical Perspectives

Inclusion and Education

What is Special Teaching?.

Professionalism and Special Education

The Politics of Special Needs and Integration

Who Benefits?

Conclusion

Glossary

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789332506510

9332506515

OCLC:

894906858