Promoting inclusive practice / / Christina Tilstone, Lani Florian, and Richard Rose

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818491003321
• Autore: Tilstone Christina
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998
• ISBN: 1-134-67833-9; 1-134-67834-7; 1-280-33494-0; 0-203-00562-7
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): FlorianLani; RoseRichard
• Disciplina: 371.9046
• Soggetti: Inclusive education - Great Britain; Mainstreaming in education - Great Britain; Learning disabled children - Education - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Pragmatism not dogmatism: promoting more inclusive practice; Inclusive schooling; Inclusive practice: what, why and how?; The curriculum: a vehicle for inclusion or a lever for exclusion?; Personal and social development for pupils with learning difficulties; Equal opportunities and special educational needs: equity and inclusion; Managing change; Inclusive learning; Including pupils: developing a partnership in learning; Understanding challenging behaviour: prerequisites to inclusion; Promoting inclusion through learning stylesIndividual and whole class teaching; A reconfigured role for special schools; Moving towards the mainstream: vision and reality; A wider role for special schools?; Inclusion in national standards; Routes to inclusion; Multidisciplinary teamwork; Towards a more inclusive way of life; Planned transition from education to employment for young people with severe learning difficulties; Growing up; moving on; Quality of life as a consideration in the development of inclusive education for pupils and students with ; learning difficulties; Author index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: Current policy demands that mainstream schools seek to include pupils with special educational needs. This book takes a close look at how exactly this aim can be achieved by examining the various parts of the educational process. The book discusses: the practicalities of inclusive education the gap between inclusive policy and practicea re-configured role for special schoolshow the process of inclusion will develop beyond the classroom.Individuals who have learning difficulties are increasingly finding their place in non-specialist schools. This book considers the ways in w