Offering a cross-cultural perspective, this book contains papers from internationally renowned scholars who provide fresh insights into the goals and ambitions for inclusion, participation and democracy and how these might be realized today. The 'insider' accounts highlight the complex political and cultural changes required to achieve success with the inclusion project. This book is for researchers studying inclusion, teacher educators and teachers.
Notes on Contributors. Series Editors' Foreword. 1. Introduction; J. Allan. Part One: Beyond Schooling. 2. Including ourselves: Teaching, trust, identity and community; K. Ballard. 3. They believe that they participate ... but: Democracy and inclusion in Norwegian schools; M. Stromstad. 4. Participation and democracy: What's inclusion got to do with it? C. Cummings, et al. 5. Why does education for all have to be inclusive education? K. Nes. Part Two: Challenging Understanding. 6. The social construction of adulthood with a difference in Iceland; D. Bjarnason. 7. Inclusion and problem groups: The story of ADHD; G. Lloyd. 8. Working past pity: What we make of disability in schools; L. Ware. 9. An outsider's perspective on the reality of educational inclusion within former Yugoslavia; A. Closs. Part Three: Pressing for Change. 10. Understanding the changing role of English local education authorities in promoting inclusion; M. Ainscow, D. Tweddle. 11. Daring to think otherwise? Educational policymaking in the new Scottish parliament; J. Allan. 12. Race and the discourse on inclusion; F.A. Diniz. 13. Teacher education, government and inclusive schooling: The politics of the Faustian waltz; R. Slee. 14. Concluding remarks; J. Allan. Index.
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