{"product_id":"inclusive-schooling-1","title":"Inclusive Schooling","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides new information on how various inclusion policies have been implemented in different schools and school districts in North America and in a range of European countries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The purpose of inclusion policy is to prevent the marginalization of people who experience unfavorable circumstances in life. It is an approach to the education of students with disabilities that is based on a commitment to what all members of a free society deserve in order to become fully participating members--a fair chance to find a meaningful place in their own communities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is a kind of status report on what inclusive education has achieved and what it may achieve in the future for children and youth with disabilities. It describes the philosophical, legal, and practical terrain covered by inclusion policy in general and inclusive schooling in particular. Contributors assess inclusion policy and suggest ways to reconceptualize it, bringing to their data analysis a depth of experience and knowledge about public schooling in their respective countries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classes has been embraced by politicians and educators calling for equal opportunity in our society and is being incorporated into national and international education laws, it continues to be controversial and the debate is sometimes heated. A goal of this book is to shed some light on this debate. Is inclusion mostly about student placement? Are students with disabilities attaining social and learning membership in general classrooms? Have they benefitted from inclusion? How about students without disabilities? What have been the benefits? Must learning take second priority to socialization and friendship? Are teachers getting the training they need? How do parents feel about inclusion programs? How do students feel? What kind of curricular accommodations should be made? These and other questions are addressed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This volume is based on original papers presented by the contributing authors in October 1997 at the Rutgers Invitational Symposium on Education on \u003ci\u003eInclusive Schooling: National and International Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54246365626712,"sku":"9781138972483","price":64.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138972483.jpg?v=1769737518","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/inclusive-schooling-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}