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Moving towards Inclusive Education: Diverse National Engagements with Paradoxes of Policy and Practice presents perspectives from Asia-Pacific and Europe that have seldom been heard in international debates. While there may be global consensus around United Nations' goals for inclusion in education, each country's cultural and religious understandings shape national views regarding the priorities for inclusion. Some countries focus on disability, while others bring in concerns about culture, ethnicity, language, gender and/or sexuality. In this fascinating collection, senior commentators explore the ethical difficulties as well as hopes for a more inclusive education in their countries, raising questions of interest for educators, policy-makers and all who support the work of inclusive education.
Contributors are: Vishalache Balakrishnan, Bayarmaa Bazarsuren, Cleonice Alves Bosa, Yen-Hsin Chen, Lise Claiborne, Tim Corcoran, Bronwyn Davies, Carol Hamilton, Dorothea W. Hancock, Mashrur Imtiaz, Maria Kecskemeti, Silvia Helena Koller, Yvonne Leeman, Sonja Macfarlane, Roger Moltzen, Sikder Monoare Murshed, Sanjaabadam Sid, Simone Steyer, Eugeniusz Świtała, Wiel Veugelers, and Ben Whitburn.
Contents
Preface
Vishalache Balakrishnan
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Continuing Struggles around Inclusive Education
Lise Claiborne and Vishalache Balakrishnan
PART 1: National Settings for Implementation of UN Policies
2 Children with Disabilities in New Zealand Schools: Implementing Policy to Develop Inclusive Practices
Carol Hamilton
3 Inclusive Education in Poland
Eugeniusz Świtała
4 Pedagogical Possibilities in Culturally Diverse Educational Contexts: Theory and Practice of Inclusive Education in the Netherlands
Wiel Veugelers and Yvonne Leeman
5 Commentary on Part 1: Messing with Inclusive Education
Tim Corcoran and Ben Whitburn
PART 2: Juggling Inclusive Education with Cultural Complexities
6 Khot Ail as an Inclusive Education Approach in a Mongolian School
Dorothea W. Hancock with Sanjaabadam Sid and Bayarmaa Bazarsuren
7 Exploring Inclusive Practices in School through Character and Moral Education in Taiwan
Yen-Hsin Chen
8 Evidence of Effectiveness of a Brazilian Inclusive Practices Programme in Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Cleonice Alves Bosa, Simone Steyer and Silvia Helena Koller
9 Commentary on Part 2: Inclusive Education and Character Formation as a Tug-of-War between Local and Global
Vishalache Balakrishnan
PART 3: Indigenous Culture and Language as Crucial Aspects of Difference in an Inclusive Society
10 Creating Culturally Inclusive Contexts for Engagement and Learning: Authentic and Agentic Drivers for Success
Sonja Macfarlane
11 Inclusive Practices in Bangladesh: Multilingual Education for Indigenous Children
Sikder Monoare Murshed and Mashrur Imtiaz
12 Commentary on Part 3: Questions for Inclusive Education from Indigenous Cultures and Languages
Roger Moltzen
PART 4: Getting Down to it: Teaching Strategies towards Transformation
13 Beyond Inclusion/Exclusion in Teaching about Difference: Entanglements at The Edge of Practice
Lise Claiborne
14 Developing Inclusive Practices in the Classroom: Engaging All Students in Classroom Change
Maria Kecskemeti
15 Commentary on Part 4: Big Dreams for Inclusive Education
Bronwyn Davies
16 Afterword: Possibilities for Education in a World of Difference and Exclusion
Lise Claiborne
Index
