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Quinn, Una; Wakefield, Peter – Support for Learning, 2009
The article focuses upon a small-scale research project undertaken in a Northern Ireland secondary school. Using a questionnaire, the article explores the views of a sample of young people from four European countries who are enrolled at the school, regarding the school's inclusive policy and associated practices. In recent years, Northern Ireland…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, School Culture, Foreign Countries, Migrants
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Baker, John – Support for Learning, 2007
In July 2006, the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee reported on Special Educational Needs. The report expressed concern over the Government's policy on SEN, especially as it relates to inclusion and to the confusion this has created for special schools. In this article I shall attempt to tease out what I believe to be the…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Policy, Educational Needs, Special Schools
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Forbes, Fiona – Support for Learning, 2007
This article outlines the views of the Australian Special Education Principals' Association (ASEPA) on inclusion and the impact this is having on Australian Government Schools from a school based perspective. ASEPA is a relatively young association and was formed in 1997 out of the need to put forward the case to support students with special…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Special Education, Inclusive Schools, Foreign Countries
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Alur, Mithu – Support for Learning, 2007
In this article the author discusses concepts of exclusion and inclusion and how important it is to understand exclusionary practices in the context and culture specificity of each region to attempt to remove barriers to inclusive education. She specifically discusses the low status given to girls and women in the Indian culture and how this…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Indians, Access to Education, Gender Issues
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Hunter, John; O'Connor, Una – Support for Learning, 2006
This article provides a context within which other contributions to this issue might be read. It examines the position of special educational needs (SEN) within the evolving continuum of education in Northern Ireland, specifically within the context of educational inclusion. It describes recent changes in educational policy and legislation which…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Special Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Winter, Eileen C. – Support for Learning, 2006
The policy of including pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream schools and classes is now firmly established in many jurisdictions worldwide. Successful implementation of such policy depends largely on teachers having the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to make it work. This poses a considerable challenge for both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Inclusive Schools, Special Education
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Currie, Laura-Ann; Prudnikova, Victoria; Yarkova, Natalya – Support for Learning, 2005
In this article, Laura Ann Currie and Victoria Prudnikova describe a three-year Russian/Scottish partnership designed to take forward an inclusive educational policy in the Samara Region of Russia. Education staff from West Lothian Council and Barnardo's visited the Samara Region to train staff there to help take forward their inclusion programme.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Mainstreaming, Early Childhood Education
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Tranter, Rachel; Palin, Nathalie – Support for Learning, 2004
Rachel Tranter and Nathalie Palin are involved with programmes created in partnership with a range of education providers, particularly Pupil Referral Services in West London. Here they discuss their work at the Orleans House Gallery, providing insights into the scope and potential of the arts and inclusion. In this article they raise issues for…
Descriptors: Referral, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries, Inclusive Schools