The Making of the Inclusive School book by Gary Thomas, David Walker, Julie Webb

Gary Thomas, David Walker, Julie Webb

ISBN 10: 0415155592 / ISBN 13: 9780415155595

Published by Routledge, 1997

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> There is a new inclusive mood at large in society. It has created a demand for schools to find ways of including and teaching all children even those who at one time would have been sent to special schools. Society's readiness for inclusion coincides with the accumulation of more and more evidence about the limitations of special education. But although the arguments for inclusive education seem overwhelming ethically and empirically the move to inclusion has been painfully slow. After exploring the arguments for inclusion, this book examines the interna-tional evidence of children's well-being and academic progress in inclusive schools. It also describes how those who are in the vanguard of inclusion have gone about developing their practice. The second part of the book presents a detailed case study of one special school's confrontation with exclusion and its transformation from a special school into an inclusion service a project which involved closing the special school and moving its children to a group of m.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Inclusive School book by Gary Thomas, David Walker, Julie Webb
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415155592
• ISBN 13: 9780415155595
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Educational Studies

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Synopsis

Inclusion is a buzzword of the 1990s. Politicians now stress their commitment to inclusion and social justice - not competition. For schools, inclusion means accepting and educating all children, irrespective of their difficulties.
The new inclusive mood is about including everyone in society's institutions. It has created a growing demand for schools to find effective ways of including and teaching all children - even those who at one time would have been sent to special schools.
The book combines a theoretical examination of inclusion and its rationale with the story of a group of schools in which teachers, assistants and children have striven to make inclusion happen.
This new book
* explores the arguments for inclusive schools
* examines the international evidence about children's well-being and academic progress in inclusive schools
* describes how the pioneers have developed their practice for inclusion
* presents the findings of an in-depth 18 month study of a group of schools which have striven to make inclusion happen

About the Author

Gary Thomas, David Walker, Julie Webb