Rethinking Inclusive Education: The Philosophers of Difference in Practice by Julie Allan

Rethinking Inclusive Education: The Philosophers of Difference in Practice by Julie Allan

One of the important responsibilities that advocates of inclusion need to continually practise is that of self-criticism. This includes examining and re-examining the assumptions informing our perspectives, the concepts that we use including 'inclusive education' and our intentions, especially in relation to the question of change. We need to beware of the danger of unexamined orthodoxies, the possibilities of ado- ing inclusive language with little, if any, changes in our thinking and practice and a sterile and insensitive position with regard to the pursuit of new or alternative ideas. In this very important book, Allan powerfully reminds us of the necessity and centrality of these concerns and provides a direct, perceptive and thoughtful, exami- tion and critique of the varied barriers to the task of how to make inclusion happen. Allan challenges the reader to step back and re-examine the rationale for inclusion through an alternative mindset. She challenges the varied attacks upon inclusion including those in the education business to stop using economic (it costs too much) and pedagogical (it is bad for the other children in the class and traumatic for the disabled children) and social (just too much for the teacher's workload) reasons for closing the door and doing the right thing, and those who argue that inclusion was an experiment that did not work.

Gert Biesta is Professor of Educational Theory and Policy at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, and editor-in-chief of Studies in Philosophy and Education.

Julie Allan is Professor of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Bor�s, Sweden.

Richard Edwards is Professor of Education at the School of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.

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ISBN 13	9789048175321
ISBN 10	9048175321
Title	Rethinking Inclusive Education: The Philosophers of Difference in Practice
Author	Julie Allan
Series	Inclusive Education: Cross Cultural Perspectives
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer
Year published	2010-11-25
Number of pages	188
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