Deconstructing Special Education and Constructing Inclusion (Inclusive Education) - Hardcover

Thomas, Gary; Loxley, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 033520449X ISBN 13: 9780335204496

Publisher: Open Univ Pr, 2001

Synopsis

There is little use, say Thomas (education, Oxford Brookes U.) and Loxley (education, U. of Leeds), in looking at the thought behind special education from a single disciplinary perspective usually psychological or sociological because they all interconnect, and the specific discipline's methodological instruments, preference for focus, and insights crowd the forest up with obscuring trees. Rather than merely juxtaposing the different views, they evaluate each in the context of a wider picture, arguing that theoretical knowledge should be set aside in favor of people's knowledge about learning and what they want from schools. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Gary Thomas took up the post of chair in education at Birmingham in 2005. Before university teaching, he worked as a teacher and as an educational psychologist. In higher education – at the University of Leeds, at Oxford Brookes University, UWE and University College London – his teaching and research have focused on inclusion, special education, and research methodology in education. He has received awards from the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the DfES, Barnardos, the Cadmean Trust, local authorities and a range of other organisations. Most of his funded research has been on inclusive or special education, though his Leverhulme Research Fellowship was awarded to examine the role of theory in education. He currently leads an ESRC thematic seminar competition in the Teaching and Learning Research Programme on the assessment of quality in educational research. He is the founding co-editor of a Taylor & Francis Carfax journal, the International Journal of Research and Method in Education and he is an editorial board member of the British Educational Research Journal.

Review

“A challenging, badly needed book likely to be read for many years to come, certainly by students of education but also by a wider readership of parents, carers and professionals.” – British Journal of Educational Studies (Brit Jnl of Educational Studies 2003-10-28)

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033520449X
• ISBN 13: 9780335204496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 147