The term “inclusive education” refers to the practice of including all students in a learning environment, rather than segregating them based on their abilities. In this book, the authors compare how different countries and education systems manage inclusive education policies.
Throughout the world, there is a growing recognition of the importance of inclusive education. While there is increasing international agreement about the goals and structures of inclusive education, there are major differences between countries in the way that inclusive education is defined, understood and implemented. Inclusive Education Policy Contexts and Comparative Perspectives aims to enable both policy makers and practitioners in all settings to reflect on their own policies and practices through a comparison with those in other settings.
This book provides a detailed picture of inclusive education practice in different countries throughout the world; it shows how concepts of inclusion have developed over time and how these developments have shaped current practice; it analyses how policy documents provide access to services for children with special educational needs; and finally it questions whether it is possible to build bridges between official policy documents and everyday practice.
These are a set of policies that are meant to provide inclusive education to children with disabilities and their parents, so that they can fully participate in the mainstream education system and be an active part of their community. The policies were designed using research from multiple disciplines, including law, psychology, education, and social work.
The authors have developed these policies with the aim of promoting inclusion for children with disabilities in all aspects of life: at home, school, work, community events, sports, and other activities. They hope that by providing inclusive education policies for parents who may not know how to advocate for their child or find resources that will help them get involved with their child’s school community, it will be easier for everyone involved to feel like they belong.
The authors want everyone involved with the education system—students with disabilities or not—to feel included in their schools’ decision-making processes and have access to resources they need while also being respected as individuals who can make decisions about what’s best for themselves as well as others around them.”
This book provides a comprehensive overview of inclusive education policy contexts and comparative perspectives. It examines the world’s major education systems in terms of their policies on inclusion and exclusion, and the impact of these policies on students, teachers and schools.
The book contains chapters by experts who describe their respective systems and the challenges they face in implementing inclusive education. These chapters are followed by commentaries which provide a comparative perspective on the issues raised, particularly with reference to the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and Canada.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of international efforts to address the needs and rights of all students, particularly those who have been historically excluded from schooling. The chapters-written by leading scholars in education policy and disability studies-explore the diverse and changing roles of federal, state, and local governments in promoting inclusive education.
Focusing on countries that have been at the forefront of inclusive education reforms, chapters trace historical developments as well as current trends and issues in policy responses to diversity in schools. Coverage includes how inclusive education is implemented around the world; what school leaders do to enact inclusive policies; the role of teachers in inclusive classrooms; alternative pathways for students with disabilities; parent perspectives on inclusion; and much more.
Inclusive education is a process of increasing the participation of students in schools in their communities and reducing exclusion within and from education. There are several approaches to inclusive education, also known as inclusion; these approaches include mainstreaming, integration, and the more recent practice of inclusive education.
Inclusive education is an ideal for school systems to strive for that promotes equality of opportunity for all students regardless of ability or disability when it comes to access to schooling. Students attend schools with their peers who may have a range of learning needs, including intellectual, physical and emotional disabilities.