Full Description
The volume will provide an examination of issues around how policy for inclusive education can be implemented in practice.
In relation to different thematic policy areas considered in each chapter these questions will be considered:
• What are the main policy issues for inclusive education?
• What recommendations are there for addressing these issues?
• What are the difficulties in implementing these recommendations?
• How can these difficulties be overcome?
Overall conclusions will focus on lessons learnt for supporting the implementation of policy for inclusive education and bridging the policy-practice gap.
Contents
Changing Conceptions of Inclusion Underpinning Education Policy - Cor Meijer and Amanda Watkins
SECTION I: KEY POLICY AREAS FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Ensuring a Strong Start for All Children: Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care - Paul A. Bartolo, Eva Bjorck-Akesson, Climent Gine and Mary Kyriazopoulou
Financing Inclusive Education: Policy Challenges, Issues and Trends - Serge Ebersold and Cor Meijer
Educating All Teachers for Inclusion - Amanda Watkins, Annet De Vroey and Simoni Symeonidou
Inclusive Vocational Education and Training (Vet) - Policy and Practice - Edgar Pereira, Mary Kyriazopoulou and Harald Weber
SECTION II: SUPPORT AND PROVISION
How Can Education Systems Support All Learners? Tipping-Point Leadership Focused on Cultural Change and Inclusive Capability - Per Skoglund and Hans Stacker
Multicultural Diversity and Special Educational Needs - Geoff Lindsay, Sonali Shah and Mary Kyriazopoulou
ICT as a Tool for Supporting Inclusive Learning Opportunities - Marcella Turner-Cmuchal and Stuart Aitken
Addressing the Challenges of Raising Achievement for All - Verity Donnelly, Finn O'Murchu and Wiltrud Thies
SECTION III: MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Inclusive Assessment: Issues and Challenges for Policy and Practice - Anthoula Kefallinou and Verity Donnelly
Efficiency, Effectiveness and Equity Within Inclusive Education Systems - Amanda Watkins and Serge Ebersold
Young Voices on Inclusive Education - Victoria Soriano
Summary and Conclusions: Ways Forward in Bridging Policy-Practice Gap Issues Within Inclusive Education
