Product Description

This field of special education has been through marked changes in recent years with the emergence of notions such as 'inclusive schooling' and 'entitlement curricula'. This book brings together contributions from the UK and beyond.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #524283 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

From the Back Cover
The field of special education is well established. However, although it continues to develop in exciting and controversial ways, involving some of education's leading thinkers, many people feel it is lacking a coherent theoretical analysis of its own.

Students and practitioners, looking for some solid theory to reinforce their own study or practice, commonly have to borrow from other disciplines, such as psychology and sociology. This is because there has been no attempt to provide a theoretical foundation for the special needs community. This book does exactly that, bringing together contributions from key names in the field from the UK and beyond.

About the Author
Mel Ainscow, Cambridge Institute of Education; Julie Allan, Sally Brown and Shiela Riddell, all at the University of Stirling; Len Barton, Peter Clough, Derrick Armstrong and Felicity Armstrong all at the University of Sheffield; Tony Booth, Open University; Catherine Clark, Alan Dyson, Alan Millward and David Skidmore, all at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Sip Jan Pijl, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; Gunnar Stangvik, Finnmark College, Norway; Jeff Lewis, University of Plymouth; Judith Elliot and James Ysseldyke both at the University of Minnesota; Phil Bayliss, University of Exeter and Roger Slee, Goldsmiths College.