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Norwich, Brahm – British Journal of Special Education, 2014
This article, by Brahm Norwich of the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, sets the recent legislative changes in the special education system in England, the Children and Families Act (2014), in the context of wider changes in the school system, such as changes in curriculum-assessment, the governance of schools and inspection…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Legislation, Inclusion
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Norwich, Brahm – British Journal of Special Education, 2008
In this article, Brahm Norwich, Professor of Education at the University of Exeter, examines the roles that special schools can play within inclusive educational systems. He notes that the percentage of young people in special schools in England has remained broadly stable over a number of years, despite inclusive policy initiatives. Brahm Norwich…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, School Role
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Norwich, Brahm – British Journal of Special Education, 1996
The field of special education is discussed in terms of "connective specialization," the contrary tendencies in the distinctiveness and yet inherent connectedness of special education with other areas of education. Its implications for inclusion are reviewed. The article emphasizes the need to view children as having individual needs,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Norwich, Brahm – British Journal of Special Education, 2000
This article discusses the withdrawal of a publication that tracked British local education agency (LEA) trends in placement of pupils with disabilities in special schools. It describes the data problem encountered by counting pupils in non-LEA special schools within the boundaries of LEAs that did not place the students. (CR)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Golder, Gill; Norwich, Brahm; Bayliss, Phil – British Journal of Special Education, 2005
As we move towards a more inclusive education system in the UK, there is a real need to equip teachers to work in more diverse classrooms from the start of their teaching careers. In this article, Gill Golder, teaching and research fellow (physical education), Brahm Norwich, Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Students, Educational Needs
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Norwich, Brahm; Black, Alison – British Journal of Special Education, 2015
This article examines the pattern of placement of students with significant special educational needs at Statement and School Action Plus levels in English secondary schools, comparing sponsored and converter academies, maintained schools and the newly created free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges for 2013 and 2014. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Student Placement