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Moderate learning difficulties and the future of inclusion / Brahm Norwich and Narcie Kelly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norwich, Brahm.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Learning disabled children--Education--Great Britain.
- Learning disabled children.
- Inclusive education--Great Britain.
- Inclusive education.
- Special education--Government policy--Great Britain.
- Special education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2005.
- Summary:
- Children with mild to moderate learning difficulties (MLD) make up the largest sub-group of children requiring special educational needs, and yet they are often neglected in terms of research and in their influence on future Government policies. This book, based on a Nuffield Foundation research project, considers the perspectives of children with moderate learning difficulties, reviewing relevant issues such as:* identification of children with MLD;* appropriate curriculum and pedagogy;* inclusion in mainstream schools; * their identity and self-perception.The authors weav
- Contents:
- Cover; Moderate Learning Difficulties and the Future of Inclusion; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Are there children with MLD?: Categories, history and current issues; Chapter 3 MLD and inclusion: Curriculum, teaching and inclusion issues; Chapter 4 Children's perspectives on their special provision; Chapter 5 Perceptions of self and of labels; Chapter 6 Social interaction, acceptance and bullying of pupils with MLD; Chapter 7 Survey of LEA policy and practice for moderate learning difficulties
- Chapter 8 The future for children with MLD: As a special educational need or not?References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-09957-7
- 0-203-62558-7
- 1-299-28556-2
- 1-134-36334-6
- 9780203625583
- OCLC:
- 829462248
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