Full Description
Embed the principles of inclusion into your students' teaching practices.
Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement presents a clear, socially-oriented approach to understanding and developing inclusive education. It prepares pre-service teachers for diverse classrooms and helps them develop strategies to engage students of varying backgrounds, needs and abilities.
This new edition has been updated to reflect changes in legislation, policy, regulation, curriculum, research and practice. It takes a fresh look at what inclusion means and explores the new dimensions of disadvantage or limitations for children to fully participate in education. Retaining a strong focus on student engagement, it addresses areas that are proving challenging for teachers in engaging all students in inclusive learning environments - these include a greater number of children from immigrant families, the increasing impact of poverty in Australia, the greater influence of technology on education and an increasing divide between rich and poor.
With extensive learning features that blend theoretical issues and context with practical skills, this book provides pre-service teachers with the knowledge and understanding to manage classroom challenges and develop inclusive learning environments
Contents
PART 1: Setting the Scene1. Understanding Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement2. Australian Schools, Policy and Legislation in PerspectivePART 2: Embracing Diversity3. Linguistic and Cultural Diversity4. Indigenous Perspectives and Cultural Identity5. Gender, Inclusivity and EngagementPART 3: Supporting Diverse Learning Needs in the Classroom6. Understanding How to Support Students with Literacy Difficulties7. Assisting Children with Learning Difficulties in Mathematics8. Challenging Behaviour in the Inclusive Classroom9. Supporting Students with Complex Communication Needs10. Supporting Students with Intellectual Disabilities11. Understanding Vision Impairment12. Understanding Hearing Loss13. Supporting Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder14. Supporting Diverse Gifted Students15. Understanding Physical Impairment in Young Children16. Supporting Mental Health and Well-being: Promotion, Prevention and InterventionPART 4: Creating Diverse and Inclusive Schools17. Participation in What, and with Which Outcomes? Pedagogic Rights and the Purposes of Education18. Accommodating Transitions across the Years19. Creating Inclusive Schools
