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Title: | Conclusion: inclusion comes together piece by piece |
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Contributor(s): | Boyle, Christopher (author); Topping, Keith (author) |
Publication Date: | 2012 |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14587 |
Abstract: | The chapters of this book contain many suggestions by authors with different perspectives of inclusion based on their own interpretations and cultural experiences. In our concluding chapter we try to synthesize these important themes and ideas. Theories of inclusion - what exactly is 'inclusion'? Definitions of inclusion have been presented in many different ways by many different theorists (e.g. Topping and Maloney 2005; Boyle et al. 2011). In this section views about what inclusion entails from practical, educational, socio-political and fiscal standpoints are discussed. In Keith Topping's chapter (1), he advocated that the conception of inclusion should be regarded much more widely than is currently the norm. He considers that there are four levels of inclusion(see Figure 1.1 in Chapter 1) with the highest and most expansive being the complete social involvement of the student in the community, thus suggesting that effective inclusion cannot only be school-focused. In a similar vein, Fraser Lauchlan and Roberta Fadda (Chapter 3) refer to 1844 people with special needs where their involvement in mainstream schooling had a positive effect, in that they felt that they had a sense of belonging to the community. Not being separated from the mainstream population (whether physically or socially) seems to have a strong bearing on whether inclusion is seen to be a positive experience for the population with special needs. |
Publication Type: | Book Chapter |
Source of Publication: | What Works in Inclusion?, p. 200-207 |
Publisher: | Open University Press |
Place of Publication: | Maidenhead, United Kingdom |
ISBN: | 9780335244683 9780335244690 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130312 Special Education and Disability |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390407 Inclusive education 390411 Special education and disability |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930103 Learner Development 930101 Learner and Learning Achievement 930102 Learner and Learning Processes |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 160101 Early childhood education |
HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book |
Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/186887051 |
Editor: | Editor(s): Christopher Boyle and Keith Topping |
Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter School of Education |
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