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Synopsis
Written by highly respective researchers in the field, "The Inclusive Classroom" is a book that prepares readers to feel secure in their ability to instruct K-12 learners with disabilities and other special learning needs. General instruction and classroom management skills prevail throughout the book, enabling readers to construct instructional strategies through which they will find success. Comprehensive in scope and coverage, users will be interested in reading about the following topics: inclusive teaching; collaboration; students with higher-incidence disabilities; students with lower-level disabilities; students with other special learning needs; effective instruction for all students; improving classroom behavior and social skills; motivation and affect; improving attention and memory; teaching study skills; content area teaching, including art, music, physical education, foreign languages, vocational education, and transitions. Obviously a book for educators and future educators, this resource can be a valuable read for parents of children with special needs, as well as those in the educational arena that plan curricula for those children.
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Review
Recent praise for The Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Effective Instruction:
"Quite detailed. Quite practical. Everything is well linked to both research and standards."
Joseph E. Nolan, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
"This text is exceptional. The authors have provided numerous practical examples throughout the book that are easy for inexperienced teachers to implement. I believe even teachers with extensive experience would find new ideas in this textbook."
Karen B. Clark, Indiana University, South Bend
From the Back Cover
The real strength of "The Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Effective Instruction," Second Edition, by Margo A. Mastropieri and Thomas E. Scruggs is its emphasis on practical, research-based teaching and learning strategies for general educators in an inclusive environment. The new edition of "The Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Effective Instruction" directly relates content to the academic demands of teachers in inclusive general education classrooms and provides you with the tools to: Give Your Students Practical Teaching Strategies
- "Classroom Scenarios" demonstrate how to identify students who should be referred for special services or who would benefit from the specific teaching strategies featured in the text.
- "In the Classroom" features offer tips, strategies, and resources that address very specific need areas, and can be practically applied to inclusive classroom situations.
- "Inclusion Checklists" summarize the strategies described in the chapter and are particularly useful for teachers having difficulties with any area of teaching students with disabilities.
- "Inclusive Classrooms: Video Cases on CD-ROM" and the accompanying activity guide comes packaged with every copy of the text. With over an hour of video footage, this new CD-ROM provides immediate access to living classroom examples of teaching and learning strategies for inclusion. These video clips, grouped by topic and classroom, give the pre-service teacher a good picture of what inclusion looks like in a preschool, an elementary school, a middle school and a secondary school.
- "Integrating Technology"features provide up-to-date information on new technologies and how they can be employed to improve the academic or social functioning of students with special needs.
- "Companion Website (CW)" helps students gauge their understanding of the chapter content through the use of online chapter reviews, quizzes, activities, and resources. The CW is integrated into the text with margin notes and through chapter features.
- "Research Highlights" explain the research behind certain teaching strategies developed for use with students with special needs, provide resources for further information and exploration, and tie chapter content to the research with reflection questions.
- "CEC Professional Standards" are listed at the end of each chapter where relevant. A complete listing of standards can be found on the Companion Website.
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