The Challenge of Inclusiveness: Towards a More Generous System of Education

Authors

  • Jerry Gaden

Keywords:

Inclusion, Inclusive Education, Inclusion vs Integration, Pupil's Needs, Teaching Methodologies, Strategies, Provision, Policies, S.E.N., Special Educational Needs, Mainstream

Abstract

The political significance of the move to the language of inclusion and exclusion (as distinct from integration and segregation) is that it shifts the focus from the disabilities of the child to the inability or the unwillingness of the 'ordinary system to accommodate special needs. It challenges the assumption that the purposes and practices of ordinary schools are so important that they cannot be modified or changed in any significant way. 

References

Department of Education, Ireland. (1993). Report of the Special Education Review Committee (SERC Report). Dublin: Stationery Office.

Department of Education and Science, U.K. (1978). Special Educational Needs (Warnock Report). London: HMSO.

Gaden, G. (1993). "Integrated Education, Mental Disability and Respect for Persons', Irish Educational Studies, 12.

Oliver, M. (1995). 'Does Special Education Have a Role to play in the Twenty First Century?' REACH Journal of Special Needs Education in Ireland, 8:2.

Tomlinson, S. (1982). A Sociology of Special Education. London: RKP

Wilson, P.S. (1971). Interest and Discipline in Education. London: RKP

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1966-11-11

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Gaden, J. (1966). The Challenge of Inclusiveness: Towards a More Generous System of Education. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 9(2), 76–82. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/381

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (1996)

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