Mainstream or Special?: Educating Students with Disabilities [Hardcover]

There remains some controversy about how best to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs. Should they be educated in mainstream schools alongside their peers, or does this mean that specialist help and resources are denied to them?
This book explores in depth the ways in which this problem has been tackled in Australia, the UK and Canada. It looks at the major issues which have been raised and the types of provisions and resourcing which have been offered, and then goes on to provide a vision of how future education provision might look for pupils with special educational needs.The method of meeting the demands of special needs pupils in school is still much debated. The way in which Australia, the UK and Canada have dealt with this problem is looked at in this book with all the major issues being examined.Part I Issues and outcomes in special education; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Educating students with disabilities; Chapter 3 Integration; Chapter 4 Outcomes; Chapter 5 Research in special education provision; Part II Models of educational provision; Chapter 6 The special school; Chapter 7 The best of both worlds?; Chapter 8 The special class; Chapter 9 Inclusive schooling; Part III Providing for special needs; Chapter 10 Teaching and learning; Chapter 11 Students with severe and multiple disabilities; Part IV Conclusion; Chapter 12 Trends and practices;Josephine C.Jenkinson is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University, teaching graduate courses in disability studies and special education.US? 1997 Josephine C.Jenkinson