Mainstream or Special?: Educating Students with Disabilities - Hardcover

Jenkinson, Josephine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415128358 ISBN 13: 9780415128353

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

There remains some controversy about how best to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs. Should they be educated in mainstream schools alongside their peers, or does this mean that specialist help and resources are denied to them? This book explores in depth the ways in which this problem has been tackled in Australia, the UK and Canada. It looks at the major issues which have been raised and the types of provisions and resourcing which have been offered, and then goes on to provide a vision of how future education provision might look for pupils with special educational needs.

About this title

About the Author

Josephine C.Jenkinson is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University, teaching graduate courses in disability studies and special education.

From the Back Cover

This book aims to stimulate debate about educational options for students with disabilities. Taking a critical approach to assumptions underlying special education in both integrated and segregated settings, Jo Jenkinson draws on recent research, current practices and real life examples from Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. Part I clarifies important issues including normalisation, least restrictive environment and the right to integrated education. Part II presents four models of educational provision for students with disabilities: the special school, link schools, the special unit or class and the regular classroom. Part III focuses on the debate about curriculum for students with disabilities, and Part IV offers an international perspective on special education and considers possible future developments in provision.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415128358
• ISBN 13: 9780415128353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246