Enabling Access

Carpenter, Barry; Ashdown, Rob (EDT); Bovair, Keith (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1853464201 / ISBN 13: 9781853464201

Published by Routledge, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Enabling Access
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853464201
• ISBN 13: 9781853464201
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

First Published in 1997. In special education we are, at last, in a good position to offer pupils a broad and balanced curriculum which is relevant to their needs and which is based on the same range of provision enjoyed by all pupils. Such a curriculum can only be planned as a cohesive whole; compartmentalizing aspects of the whole curriculum risks seeing one part as having more merit or worth than another. The whole curriculum in ail schools will vary, depending on local needs and opportunities. In special education it is important that we embrace that whole curriculum, using its diversity and opportunity to plan for breadth, balance and relevance. This book makes a significant contribution to the developments in planning for access to the whole curriculum.

About the Author

Rob Ashdown is Headteacher of St Luke’s School for pupils with severe learning difficulties in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. He has taught children with special educational needs in both the UK and Canada. Keith Bovair is Headteacher at Durants School for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, in Enfield, London. Keith was formerly Lecturer in Special Education and Educational Psychology at the University of Birmingham. Barry Carpenter is Director of the Centre for the Study of Special Education, Westminster College, Oxford. He was formerly an inspector of schools and a headteacher.