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Approaches to educational and social inclusion : international perspectives on theory, policy and key challenges / edited by Gajendra K. Verma and Devorah Kalekin Fishman.

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"In this insightful text, the editors reflect on contributions from scholars representing Bangladesh, Greece, India, Israel, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK and USA, by showing how the majority of educational and social institutions in both developed and developing countries have failed to overcom...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors: Verma, Gajendra K. (Editor), Kalekin-Fishman, Devorah (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa Business, 2017.
Subjects:
School integration > Cross-cultural studies.
Social integration > Cross-cultural studies.
Multicultural education > Cross-cultural studies.
Multicultural education
School integration
Social integration
Cross-cultural studies
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and overview
  • Part I: Theoretical and conceptual issues. Education and social integration for all: challenges and responses / Gajendra K. Verma
  • Furthering social inclusion through citizenship education: cultivating civic action in early childhood education / Devorah Kalekin-Fishman
  • Pedagogies and partnerships for educating the whole child / Carl A. Grant and Elisabeth Zwier
  • Broadstreaming through creative learning: an approach towards educational inclusion / Vijoy Prakash
  • Part II: Perspectives on policy and practice. Inclusive education and societal development: an Indian perspective / Ran Bijay N. Sinha and Rupa Lakshmi
  • The field of education in New Zealand: inclusion/exclusion in schooling / Charles Crothers
  • European Union policies for lifelong learning: a portal to social inclusion? / Eugenia A. Panitsidou
  • Educational policies and teachers' professional development: disability issues / Panagiotis Giavrimis, Stella Giossi and Adamantios Papastamatis
  • Gender parity: inclusion in Bangladesh education / Samir Ranjan Nath
  • Part III: Challenges and possible responses to inclusive education. Challenges for education and inclusiveness in India / Mohd Akhtar Siddiqui
  • Bilingual immigrant students and inclusive learning: issues and challenges / Eleni Griva
  • Dyslexia: a learning disability in the Indian context / Mona Tabassum and Manju Kumari
  • Inclusive learning: the challenge of special needs / Royston Flude
  • Reaching the unreached: traverse of alternative and inoovative schools / K. Gireesan
  • Afterward
  • Concluding remarks.

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