The Making of the Inclusive School

by Julie Webb, David Walker, Gary Thomas

Book Overview

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415155592
• ISBN13: 9780415155595
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"