Inclusion in Australian Public New South Wales Primary Schools: What Germany can learn from "Down Under"

Title
Inclusion in Australian Public New South Wales Primary Schools: What Germany can learn from "Down Under"
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Kasper, Tonya
Harrington, Ingrid
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-4795
Email: iharring@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:iharring
Editor
Editor(s): Ingrid Harrington, Nicole Kastirke, Laura Holtbrink
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer VS
Place of publication
Germany
Edition
1
Series
Edition Centaurus - Jugend, Migration und Diversity
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-14463-0_2
UNE publication id
une:19605
Abstract
As of 2013, children with disabilities will have the right to be taught in mainstream schools. The topic of inclusion has been intensely discussed in Germany mainly with the focus on the costs that educating those with disabilities external to or within mainstream schools might rise. As German schools have social workers based in schools, the topic of inclusive educational practices in schools raises many different aspects that will be examined from a social work perspective in order to fully understand these aspects. The question of what 'inclusion' means in German schools, and why it is more appropriate to speak in terms of 'inclusion' in schools rather than 'integration' will be explored. It is important to note that whilst the current German concept of inclusion is not the main focus of this chapter, it will be briefly discussed and contrasted later with the Australian concept. Future recommendations on how to improve the current German system will be provided to at the end of the chapter.
Link
Citation
Inklusion in Deutschland und Australien, p. 23-31
ISBN
9783658144623
9783658144630
Start page
23
End page
31

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