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

By:

Mitchell, David R

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: xvi, 292 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415478823

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DDC classification:

371.904 MIT

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	371.904 MIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out to Poornima Rajendran (PA1802)	Transferred to Education Department (Poornima Rajendran)	20/05/2020	36523

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.

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.

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