Key Issues in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion (Education Studies: Key Issues) - Softcover

Alan Hodkinson; Philip Vickerman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847873812 ISBN 13: 9781847873811

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 2009

Recent legislation has meant that Special Educational Needs (Sen) and inclusion has become a major focus for students of Education Studies, and this book will develop their awareness of the field. Using case studies and reflection points, authors Alan Hodkinson and Philip Vickerman provide an introduction to Special Education Needs, presenting a critical perspective on the main ideological and political debates that have helped to shape its development. Combining critical exploration with an overview of future challenges, this timely text enables students to develop a basic knowledge and understanding of the field, leaving them better able to engage in meaningful and informed discussion on the issues surrounding it.

Review:

'This remains a solid text, well researched and entirely laudable in its intentions, which must be presumed to be intending to facilitate speedy familiarisation with the history of inclusion and the legislation that surrounds it' -
Educate

'This is probably one of the most accessible books I have read lately in relation to SEN and Inclusion, and I intend to make it an essential core text for my inclusion module. It would be very accessible to students who are relatively new to the theoretical aspects behind the idea or concept of inclusion' - ESCalate

About the Author:

Alan Hodkinson was for many years a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) and senior manager in the primary school sector. Currently, he is an Associate Professor, in the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope University.

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847873812
• ISBN 13: 9781847873811
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200