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Finlay, Caitríona; Kinsella, William; Prendeville, Paula – Professional Development in Education, 2022
In Irish classrooms, one option for educating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) involves placement in a special class co-located in a mainstream primary school. This study surveyed 125 primary school teachers who taught in these classes. An evaluative framework of teachers' professional development was used to analyse primary teachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Students with Disabilities, Autism
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Kinsella, William – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2020
The focus of this paper is on the organisation of inclusive educational provision for pupils with disabilities and special educational needs in mainstream schools. In relation to theoretical context, it outlines the challenges of defining inclusive education, it explores the ideological tensions that characterise the area, including those evident…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Mainstreaming
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O'Connor, Barrie; Kubiak, John; Espiner, Deborah; O'Brien, Patricia – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Although postsecondary education for people with intellectual disabilities can improve their chances of employment and create a more satisfying life, higher education is becoming a more usual avenue of postschool learning. As part of a 2-year Certificate in Contemporary Living (CCL) Program offered at Trinity College Dublin, students audited…
Descriptors: Inclusion, College Credits, Quality Assurance, Teaching Methods
Papatheodorou, Theodora, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Globally, early years policies and documents have set out aspirational outcomes and benefits for children, their families and the wider society. These policies have emphasised the place of early childhood provision within the wider global agenda, by tackling inequality and disadvantage early on in children's lives. However, these strategies have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Little, David, Ed.; Leung, Constant, Ed.; Van Avermaet, Piet – Multilingual Matters, 2013
Diversity--social, cultural, linguistic and ethnic--poses a challenge to all educational systems. Some authorities, schools and teachers look upon it as a problem, an obstacle to the achievement of national educational goals, while for others it offers new opportunities. Successive PISA reports have laid bare the relative lack of success in…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Barriers
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O'Gorman, Elizabeth; Drudy, Sheelagh – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2010
This paper gives an account of one aspect of a recent research project that explored dimensions of inclusion in mainstream schools in Ireland. In particular, the working lives of teachers who have specific responsibility for students with disabilities and/or special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream schools were explored. In Ireland, such…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Inclusive Schools, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
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Curcic, Svjetlana – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2009
With an aim to investigate inclusion across borders, quantitative and qualitative data were examined that came from 18 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Finland, France, Iceland, India, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA. Four themes emerged in this study: (1) concerns…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Cross Cultural Studies
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Lambe, Jackie – International Journal of Special Education, 2007
With the passing of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Act into law alongside the move away from academic selection for post-primary pupils by 2008 and a far reaching review of the curriculum, education in Northern Ireland is about to face its most radical change in fifty years. Issues relating to Inclusive Education are now pressing…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Educational Needs, Inclusive Schools