Is There A Desk With My Name On It?: The Politics Of Integration (Deakin Studies in Education Series)

The satisfactory inclusion of children with disabilities in regular schools and classrooms provides a basis for debate from all corners of the world. This internationl collection looks at and analyzes the implications of policy for teachers, parents and students.; The views and experiences of exclusion and frustration are voiced by parents and students; this detail giving immediacy with theory developed in earlier chapters. Additionally, the experience of the integration of teachers is highlighted to provide examples of programmes, pedagogy and school organization, conducive to the inclusion of all students in the regular classroom.; This book is intended for use by post graduate and undergraduate students of education, teachers, researchers in special and regular education, counselling courses at student and teacher level. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Foreword......Page 9 Introduction......Page 12 Part I A Segregated History: Legacies for Perceptions and Practices in Our Schools......Page 18 1. Integration in Victorian Schools: Radical Social Policy or Old Wine?......Page 20 2. Divide and Rule: A Study of Two Dividing Practices in Queensland Schools......Page 39 Part 2 Observations Abroad: International Perpectives on Integration......Page 52 3. The Politics of Integration: Observations on the Warnock Report......Page 54 4. Special Educational Needs in a New Context: Micropolitics, Money and 'Education for All'......Page 65 5 Hanging On by a Thread: Integration in Further Education in Britain......Page 79 6. From Integration to Inclusion: The Canadian Experience......Page 93 7. What Is This ‘Least Restrictive Environment’ in the United States?......Page 107 Part 3 Politics and Pedagogy: Inclusive or Exclusive Schools?......Page 121 8. Implementing Policy: Some Struggles and Triumphs......Page 123 9. Schools and Contests: A Reframing of the Effective Schools Debate?......Page 138 10. Integrating the Secondary School Curriculum: Balancing Central and Local Policies......Page 153 11. Contests in Decision-making at the School Level......Page 174 12. Inclusive Learning Initiatives: Educational Policy Lessons from the Field......Page 200 13. Teacher Education as a Strategy for Developing Inclusive Schools......Page 217 14. Developing Effective Whole School Approaches to Special Educational Needs: From School Effectiveness Theory to School Development Practice......Page 235 Part 4 Compelled to Speak: Parents, Students and Integration......Page 257 15. How Disabling Any Handicap Is Depends on the Attitude and Actions of Others: A Student's Perspective......Page 259 16. A Parent’s Perspective on Integration......Page 265 17. Integration: Another Form of Specialism......Page 269 Notes on Contributors......Page 276 Index......Page 278 This book comprises a collection of chapters which chronicle the experience of those pursuing the complete integration of students in the regular school. The book provides policy analysis as well as a focus upon the implications of policy for teachers, parents and students at the school level Provides international comparisons on the debate of inclusion of children with disabilities in regular school. The book focuses on policy analysis as it impacts on the lives of all the education community including teachers, parents and students. Provides international comparisons on the debate of inclusion of children with disabilities in regular schools. The book focuses on policy analysis as it impacts on the lives of all the education community including teachers, parents and students