عنوان

Tales from school :

(Number (ISBN

946209893X

(Number (ISBN

9789462098930

Number

b596970

Title Proper

Tales from school :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

learning disability and state education after administrative reform

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Rod Wills (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Missy Morton (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), Margaret McLean (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Maxine Stephenson (University of Auckland, New Zealand) and Roger Slee (Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia).

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Rotterdam

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Sense Publishers, [

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014] ©2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(ix, 291 pages) : illustrations

Series Title

Studies in inclusive education (Sense Publishers), v. 27.

Text of Note

Legitimating exclusion: compulsory education, the standards and the experts / Maxine Stephenson --; Parents, professionals and schooling / Maxine Stephenson with Charlotte Thomson --; Special education and the changing role of the state 1984-1989 / Colleen Brown --; Reforming special education at the local school: getting ideas about difference sorted out / Rod Wills.

Text of Note

This is a book about the struggle of many New Zealand families to have their children with learning disabilities included in local community schools. It reviews the influences in the post war period that shaped the state response to the right of all children to attend school. Reflections from both education policy makers and parents of that time are included. The book also examines the more recent impact of neoliberal politics on education policy and the consequences experienced by families with school-aged children with disabilities who may well become 'collateral damage in the enterprise of improving schools.'After examining the families'experience the book asks how inclusion can be fostered in schools and classrooms? Practitioners and academics present research findings that indicate alternative ways of thinking and acting that attest to more ethical and humane responses to human difference. Citizens, school personnel, politicians and policy makers should be challenged by the tales from school arising from attempts to achieve a 'world class, inclusive education system.'Cover photograph by Rod Wills, "Oratia District School."

EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.

EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.

Learning disabled children -- New Zealand.

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Book number

edited by Rod Wills (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Missy Morton (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), Margaret McLean (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Maxine Stephenson (University of Auckland, New Zealand) and Roger Slee (Victoria U

Margaret McLean

Maxine Stephenson

Missy Morton

Rod Wills

Roger Slee

Electronic name

[Book]

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