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Inclusive Education in Australia: Rhetoric, Reality and the Road Ahead
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Anderson, Joanna; Boyle, Christopher – Support for Learning, 2015
Inclusive education (IE) is a term that has been part of the educational discourse in Australia for almost two decades. While there is no overarching definition under which IE operates in that country, it is accepted that the meaning behind the term has shifted from being exclusively about students with a disability to now encompassing the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Educational History
The Influence of Teacher Practice Placement on One's Beliefs about Intellectual Disability: A Student's Reflection
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Doody, Owen; Connor, Morgan O. – Support for Learning, 2012
Education for people with a disability has changed over the years, moving from a philosophy of integration to inclusion. This philosophy requires a whole school approach spanning issues such as access, opportunities for learning, social experiences and developing a culture of acceptance. While this poses many challenges for individuals, schools…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Mental Retardation, Student Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion
The Impact of a Professional Development Programme on Teachers' Attitudes towards Inclusion
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Male, Dawn B. – Support for Learning, 2011
This article describes a study that aimed to answer the following question: "Will a programme of professional development in the area of special and inclusive education be effective in achieving attitudinal shift in teachers?" Forty-eight teachers who were enrolled on a Master's programme in Special and Inclusive Education were surveyed via a…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
The Inclusion of Pupils Perceived as Having Social and Emotional Behavioural Difficulties in Mainstream Schools: A Focus upon Learning
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Mowat, Joan – Support for Learning, 2009
This article focuses upon the relationship between social and emotional behavioural difficulties (SEBD) and learning. It argues that, while inclusion is desirable in principle, it can be highly problematic in practice. Further, it explores the contested nature of the concept of SEBD and the nature of support for pupils categorised as such. The…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Intervention, Sanctions, Student Behavior
Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities: The Evaluation of a Ten-Week Programme in Cyprus to Integrate Children with Multiple Disabilities and Visual Impairments into a Mainstream Primary School
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Papageorgiou, Dora; Andreou, Yiannoula; Soulis, Spyros – Support for Learning, 2008
A basic need for a child is to belong to a group (Maslow, 1970). Groups help children: to develop relationships and to foster individual mental health (Johnson and Johnson, 1989); and disabled and non-disabled children, when given assistance, can develop relationships with each other (Sideris, 1998). But there are very few opportunities in Cyprus…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Multiple Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)