Inclusive Education International Voices on Disability and Justice

Unlike other books looking at inclusion and exclusion, this book draws on the experiences of the full circle of people involved in and affected by exclusion. This, therefore, is the first book to integrate the voices of an excluded child, the parents of excluded children, the voices of teachers, remaining pupils and researchers, with their reflection on inclusion and exclusion in the context of schools that do not cater well for diversity. The contributors, and issues raised, are international, giving the reader everything necessary for considering concepts and practices across countries and cultures, and highlighting ways in which schools might bring down the barriers to participation and learning.

The aim of this text is to convey the experience of excluded children, their parents, teachers and remaining classmates. Looking at all those involved, the book offers reflections on inclusion and exclusion in the context of schools that do not cater well for diversity. The contributors and issues raised are international, giving the reader everything necessary for considering concepts and practices across countries and cultures, and highlighting ways in which schools might bring down the barriers to participation and learning.

Chapter 1 International Voices: An Introduction, Keith Ballard; Chapter 2 Teachers’ Motives for Referring Students to Special Education, Ysbrand J. Pijl, Sip Jan Pijl, Kees P. van den Bos; Chapter 3 Parent Voices on Advocacy, Education, Disability and Justice, Colleen Brown; Chapter 4 My Kid, and Kids Kinda Like Him, Linda Ware; Chapter 5 I Don’t Need This: Acts of Transgression by Students with Special Educational Needs, Julie Allan; Chapter 6 The Impact of Hospitalization on School Inclusion: The Experiences of Two Students with Chronic Illness, Jeff Bailey, Belinda Barton; Chapter 7 Disability, Inclusion and Exclusion: Some Insider Accounts and Interpretations, Keith Ballard, Trevor McDonald; Chapter 8 Three Voices from the First Generation of Integration Students in Norway, Kari Nes; Chapter 9 Tordis? She is just Tordis!, Marit Strømstad; Chapter 10 Inclusion and Exclusion in Schools: Listening to Some Hidden Voices, Mel Ainscow, Tony Booth, Alan Dyson; Chapter 11 Falling Down the Interfaces: From Inclusive Schools to an Exclusive Society, Alan Dyson, Alan Millward; Chapter 12 Concluding Thoughts, Keith Ballard;

Keith Ballard