Contextualizing inclusive education : evaluating old and new international perspectives / / edited by David Mitchell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826580403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-36641-8; 1-134-36642-6; 1-280-21567-4; 9786610215676; 0-203-60680-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Classificazione: 81.83
• Altri autori (Persone): MitchellDavid R
• Disciplina: 371.9/046
• Soggetti: Inclusive education - Social aspects; Children with disabilities - Education - Social aspects
• 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Sixteen propositions on the contexts of inclusive education / David Mitchell -- The global context of inclusive education: the role of the United Nations / Peter Mittler -- Inclusive education in the globalization age: the promise of a comparative cultural-historical analysis / Alfredo Artiles and Alan Dyson -- Philosophy, politics and economics? The story of inclusive education in England / Alan Dyson -- Push and pull: forces that are shaping inclusion in the United States and Canada / Margaret J. McLaughlin and Anne Jordon -- Inclusive education in some Western European countries: different policy rhetorics and school realities / Ingemar Emanuelsson, Peder Haug and Bengt Persson -- Education and the politics of recognition: inclusive education - an Australian snapshot / Roger Slee -- Diverse socio-cultural contexts for inclusive education in Asia / David Mitchell and Ishwar Desai -- Inclusive education and equity in Latin American / Todd Fletcher and Alfredo J. Artiles -- Inclusive education in South Africa: an emerging pedagogy of possibility / Sigamoney Manicka Naicker -- Inclusive education in Middle Eastern cultures: the challenge of tradition / Ronald C. Brown -- Future directions / Todd Fletcher.
• Sommario/riassunto: Inclusive education is a complex and problematic concept that raises many questions. A team of prominent academics present fresh and critical perspectives on these issues, drawing upon their global resources and knowledge.The over-arching theme of this book is that social, political, economic and cultural contexts play a central role in determining whether or not inclusive education is implemented in a range of regions and countries around the world. A series of original and provocative conclusions is presented, such as:inclusive education means creating a single system