- FROM INCLUSION TO ENGAGEMENT
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Year of publication: 2011
Call No: 371.9046 COO
Author: Steve Rayer
What is wrong with the practice of inclusive education? And what can be done to help schools and staff to become more effective in catering to the needs of the widest range of students? these questions are at the heart of From Inclusion to Engagement ,a book which challenges the rhetoric that has come to dominate so much of the academic discourse on inclusive education.
The authors call for an immediate shift in focus from this destructive paradigm towards a more inclusive theoretical approach- one that favours research- based knowledge about what actually works. At the core of their argument is the concept of educational engagement ,an approach that addresses the explicit social and educational experiences of students while avoiding the ideological barriers that often cloud our judgement.
2. MANAGING SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
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Author: Steve Rayer
Year of publication: 2007
Call no: 371.90941 RAY
This book is a guide to special and inclusive education and provides a comprehensive overview of this complex field. Author Stephen Rayner examines context, policy, and practice, and shows how to successfully navigate the managerial challenges involved, while contributing to the way forward through leadership in a diverse field.
The author considers the present inclusion imperative with its implications for strategic leadership, planning, and provision. He presents an inclusive style of leadership for an integrative management of individual differences in education, as well as a critical review of managing inclusive learning and teaching in school contexts.
Written for both aspiring and practicing school leaders as well as those interested in its development, this book is essential for those with responsibility for inclusion, school leaders in special schools, SENCOs, SEN advisors, and students on SEN management CPD or NPQH courses.
3. EXPLORING INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL INQUIRY
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Editors: Gordon L. Porter and Deirdre Smith
Year of publication: 2011
Call no: 371.9 EXP
Practitioners, scholars, and teacher education students alike can celebrate reading Exploring Inclusive Educational Practices through Professional Inquiry. This rich array of case scenarios both illuminates and elaborates the meaning of inclusion in today’s schools and tomorrow’s visions. Twenty-five stories from parents, teachers, school principals, and specialists highlight the kind of experiential knowledge that won’t be found in typical research reports and district documents about inclusive education. What happens to real people—students and their families—doesn’t always resemble policies that can look so good on paper.
This book makes a wonderful contribution to better understandings of the challenges of inclusion as well as the commitments positioned alongside values in order to meet those challenges. There are brave and spirited people in these pages—not the least of whom are the children themselves. Professor Luanna H. Meyer, PhDDirector, Jessie Hetherington Centre for Educational ResearchVictoria University, New Zealand This is a book on inclusive education that leaves you with hope and ideas for action. It takes a very difficult and highly charged topic and demonstrates that it is possible to see both the trees and the forest.
4. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
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Author: TIM LOREMAN, JOANNE DEPPELER AND DAVID HARVEY
Year of publication: 2005
Call no: 371.9046 LOR
"One of the ongoing challenges faced by school teachers at all levels is including students with special needs in regular classrooms. This is a practical guide to working with primary and secondary students who need extra attention because of disabilities or giftedness. The authors outline the principles behind educational diversity and inclusive policies, and discuss the range of different needs teachers can expect to encounter in an inclusive classroom. They explain the practical issues involved in assessment, planning and implementing an inclusive curriculum. They also offer strategies for managing the classroom and promoting positive social relationships. The emphasis is on ensuring students with special needs receive worthwhile educational experiences, without compromising the needs of other students in the classroom."
5. ASSESSMENT IN SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
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Author: JOHN SALVIA, JAMES E. YSSELDYKE AND SARA BOLT
Year of publication: 2013
Call no: 371.26 SAL
As the standard professional resource in the field, ASSESSMENT IN SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, 11th Edition, offers basic assessment information along with a handbook-style reference of actual reviews of the tests most administered in K-12 schools. Completely up to date, the Eleventh Edition takes a new "dual approach"--teaching readers how to do assessments correctly as well as how to use assessment information to enhance student competence. It educates those who assess students to broaden their labors from efforts designed to make predictions about students' lives to efforts designed to make a difference in the lives of the students they serve.
