This cutting-edge Research Agenda studies the people and processes that are involved in promoting equal opportunities within education. Employing the ecology of inclusion model, it provides insightful suggestions for implementing a coherent approach to the process of schooling for students with disabilities.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
This cutting-edge Research Agenda studies the people and processes that are involved in promoting equal opportunities within education. Employing the ecology of inclusion model, it provides insightful suggestions for implementing a coherent approach to the process of schooling for students with disabilities.
Leading experts in the field analyse the experiences of teachers, educational assistants, principals, students and families. They present novel methodologies for reducing the research-to-practice gap and improving educational provisions, emphasising the necessity of treating all students with equal importance. The Research Agenda delves into models and frameworks for inclusive education, investigating language barriers in secondary classrooms, effective teaching practices and accessible pedagogies. Ultimately, it advocates for a collective commitment to change within existing systems of learning.
Students and scholars of inclusive education, teaching and learning and the sociology of education will benefit from this illuminating Research Agenda. It is also an essential resource for practitioners in education policy, as well as leaders and educators within schools.
Recenzijas
Top inclusion scholars from around the world provide a cogent and thorough portrait of progress toward the realizing of everybody classroomslearning places where students with a great variety of strengths, interests, cultures, languages, and needs can come together to benefit from genuinely excellent learning opportunities. -- Carol Ann Tomlinson, University of Virginia, USA This Research Agenda provides an important overview and strategic pathway for research on inclusive education. Organized around an ecology of inclusion framework, top scholars identify and respond to key barriers and opportunities in the field. By promoting disability rights and the centring of disabled students, this book serves as a resource for researchers, practitioners and education leaders committed to inclusion. -- Gillian Parekh, York University, Canada This timely book offers a reflective pause on inclusive education research to date. Through comprehensive analysis, leading experts advocate for the active involvement of all stakeholders, charting a clear, inclusive path forward. It is an essential resource for those committed to advancing research and practice in inclusive education. -- Donna McGhie-Richmond, University of Victoria, Canada
Contents
Foreword xiii
1 A Research Agenda for Inclusive Education: Setting the
Context 1
Jacqueline Specht, Steve Sider and Kimberly Maich
2 Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms: Bridging Gaps from
Theory to Practice 11
Umesh Sharma and Stuart Woodcock
3 Escaping the Whirlpool: A Contextualized Research Agenda
for Teacher Assistants in Inclusion-Oriented Schools 25
Rob Webster and Michael F. Giangreco
4 Transformative Leadership for Equitable and Inclusive
Education for All 41
Carolyn Shields
5 Collaborating for Inclusion: The Partnership Between
Schools and Families 57
Nicole Neil and Emily Villani
6 Effective Inclusive Practices: What Students with Disability
Wish Teachers Knew about Them and How They Learn 75
Haley Tancredi and Linda J. Graham
7 People: A Consolidation 93
Kimberly Maich, Steve Sider and Jacqueline Specht
8 Spaces, Frameworks and Research for Change: Enabling
Profound Reflective Practice in Schools to Transform
Policies and Practices to Enable Inclusion 99
Amelia Roberts
9 Researching Inclusive Education at the District Level: A
Complex Array 115
Jess Whitley
10 Critical Components for Inclusive Education in School
Districts 133
Sheila Bennett and Tiffany L. Gallagher
11 Promoting Inclusion and Equity in Education: Learning from
International Experiences 147
Mel Ainscow
12 Places: A Consolidation 165
Steve Sider, Jacqueline Specht and Kimberly Maich
13 Ending with the Start in Mind 169
Steve Sider, Jacqueline Specht and Kimberly Maich
Edited by Jacqueline Specht, Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University, Steven Sider, Professor, Faculty of Education, Wilfrid Laurier University and Kimberly Maich, Professor, Faculty of Education, Memorial University, Canada
