Making of the Inclusive School

Inclusionis a buzzword of the 1990s. Politicians now stress their commitment to inclusion and social justice - not competition. For schools, inclusion means accepting and educating all children, irrespective of their difficultiesThe new inclusive mood is about including everyone in society's institutions. It has created a growing demand for schools to find effective ways of including and teaching all children - even those who at one time would have been sent to special schoolsThe book combines a theoretical examination of inclusion and its rationale with the story of a group of schools in which teachers, assistants and children have striven to make inclusion happenThis new boo* explores the arguments for inclusive school* examines the international evidence about children's well-being and academic progress in inclusive school* describes how the pioneers have developed their practice for inclusio* presents the findings of an in-depth 18 month study of a group of schools which have striven to make inclusion happen