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Understanding the Development of Inclusive Schools
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 53.95The current emphasis on individualised intervention programmes for students with special needs may not only be impractical, but also undesirable. This book compares and contrasts special needs approaches with school effectiveness strategies. The author sets out theories about inclusive schooling that arise out of a detailed scrutiny of practice. The... more...
Improving Urban Schools
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 210.00The improvement of urban schools is one of the major challenges facing practitioners and policy-makers today. Issues related to poverty create particular difficulties in urban schools, and the emphasis on market-led improvement strategies has tended to add to these challenges. In addition, strategies for `raising standards¿, as measured by aggregate... more...
From Them to Us
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 57.95Inclusive education has become a phrase with international currency shaping the content of conferences and national educational policies around the world. But what does it mean? Is it about including a special group of disabled learners or students seen to have 'special needs' (them) or is it concerned with making educational institutions inclusive,... more...
Responding to Diversity in Schools
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 41.95Responding to Diversity in Schools provides guidance for education practitioners on how to use an inquiry-based approach in responding to learner diversity. It supports readers in addressing an agenda for change, considering questions such as: Who are the learners who are missing out? What evidence do we need in order to understand... more...
Making Special Education Inclusive
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95The aim of this book is to consider how schools and LEAs can develop inclusive policies and practices for students who experience a range of difficulties in learning or behavior. It highlights debates and contradictions about the realities of inclusion and suggests ways in which practice can move forward. The contributors look at key areas of development... more...
Collaboration and Networking in Education
Springer 2011; US$ 109.99Collaboration and networking have recently come to the fore as major school improvement strategies in a number of countries. A variety of initiatives, from government and other agencies, have encouraged collaboration and led to a lot of practical activity in this area. However, at present there are no texts in education that explore collaboration and... more...
Developing Equitable Education Systems
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95Despite consistent improvements in the school systems of over recent years, there are still too many children who miss out. It is not only children from disadvantaged backgrounds attending hard-pressed urban schools that the system is failing - even in the most successful schools there are often groups of learners whose experience of schooling is... more...
Improving Schools, Developing Inclusion
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 51.95While many books explore the possibilities for developing inclusive practices in schools, and ?inclusion? is widely regarded as a desirable goal, much of the literature on the subject has been narrowly concerned with the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs. This book however, takes the view that marginalisation, exclusion and underachievement... more...
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