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Deconstructing Special Education and Constructing Inclusion (Inclusive Education)

Deconstructing Special Education and Constructing Inclusion (Inclusive Education)

by Gary Thomas (Author), Andrew Loxley (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

Deconstructing Special Education and Constructing Inclusion is a sophisticated, multidisciplinary critique of special education that leaves virtually no intellectual stone unturned. It is a must read for anyone interested in the role and significance of inclusive pedagogy in the new struggle for an inclusive society - Professor Tom Skrtic, University of Kansas. In this book the authors look behind special education to its supposed intellectual foundations. They find a knowledge jumble constructed of bits and pieces from Piagetian, psychoanalytic, psychometric and behavioural theoretical models. They examine the consequences of these models' influence for professional and popular thinking about learning difficulty.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 147
 Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 01 Feb 2001
ISBN 10: 0335204481
ISBN 13: 9780335204489

Media Reviews
A challenging, badly needed book likely to be read for many years to come, certainly by students of education but also by a wider readership of parents, carers and professionals. -- British Journal of Educational Studies Brit Jnl of Educational Studies 20031028
Author Bio
Gary Thomas holds a chair in education at Oxford Brookes University. He has undertaken research for a number of organizations including the Leverhulme Trust, the Nuffield Foundation, Barnardos and the Department for Education and Employment. His book The Making of the Inclusive School won the The Times Educational Supplement/National Association for Special Educational Needs book of the year award in 1998. Andrew Loxley is a lecturer in education at the University of Leeds, having previously worked at the Open University as a research fellow. Prior to undertaking his PhD in quasi-markets and special education, he worked as a teacher in a residential school for children with behaviour problems.