In this groundbreaking book, one of the world’s leading authorities on ways of developing equitable education systems addresses the greatest challenge facing education systems around the world, that of developing schools that are effective in educating all children. Using evidence from research carried over the last 25 years in many countries, Mel Ainscow explains pathways to be followed in order to turn the global aspiration for inclusion and equity into policy and practices in the field.
Making extensive use of examples from different parts of the world, Developing Inclusive Schools provides:
- Practical guidance for teachers regarding ways of making their lessons inclusive
- Accounts of how this thinking has been implemented in schools
- Advice for school leaders on how to create an inclusive culture within their organisations
- Examples of how inclusion and equity have influenced national policies in different contexts
- Explanations of the implications for policy makers, researchers and teacher educators
Developing Inclusive Schools will be of huge significance to researchers, educators and practitioners in the fields of education policy and politics, inclusion and special education around the world.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Taking an inclusive turn
Chapter 2. Searching for pathways
Chapter 3. Developing schools for all
Chapter 4. Promoting inclusive practices
Chapter 5. Using collaborative inquiry
Chapter 6. Leading inclusive school development
Chapter 7. Changing education systems
Chapter 8. Addressing barriers
Chapter 9. Facing new challenges
Chapter 10. Reaching out to all learners
About the Author :
Mel Ainscow is Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester; Professor of Education, University of Glasgow; and Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology. A long-term consultant to UNESCO, he is internationally recognised as an authority on the promotion of inclusion and equity in education.
Review :
"Mel Ainscow draws on lifetime of passionate and unrelenting commitment to inclusion, equity and professional collaboration to write a book that is One for the Ages. He shows how we can and should achieve inclusion by adhering to a small number of general principles but with total respect for the unique nature of every country, culture and context in which these principles are applied. This is the masterwork of inclusion in education."
- Andy Hargreaves, Boston College and University of Ottawa
"An inspirational must-read for anyone concerned with equity in education, this book maps the struggles, the learning, and the insights of a leading thinker in the field."
- Lani Florian, University of Edinburgh
"Mel Ainscow has carried out the best and most thorough work I know on grounded system change. He has the examples, he has led the work, he has worked with practitioners, policy makers, communities and students. Read Developing Inclusive Schools carefully and fully: it contains a treasure trove of insights."
- Michael Fullan, OISE/University of Toronto
"Developing Inclusive Schools is a milestone in understanding how inclusive education developments have evolved during the last three decades. It not only maps and addresses challenges, dilemmas and tensions, but paves the way forward towards more inclusive education systems across the world."
- Renato Opertti, UNESCO-IBE (International Bureau of Education)
"Mel Ainscow draws on a lifetime of passionate and unrelenting commitment to inclusion, equity and professional collaboration to write a book that is one for the ages. He shows how we can and should achieve inclusion by adhering to a small number of general principles but with total respect for the unique nature of every country, culture and context in which these principles are applied. This is the masterwork of inclusion in education."
- Andy Hargreaves, Boston College and University of Ottawa
"An inspirational must-read for anyone concerned with equity in education, this book maps the struggles, the learning and the insights of a leading thinker in the field."
- Lani Florian, University of Edinburgh
"Mel Ainscow has carried out the best and most thorough work I know on grounded system change. He has the examples, he has led the work, he has worked with practitioners, policy makers, communities and students. Read Developing Inclusive Schools carefully and fully: it contains a treasure trove of insights."
- Michael Fullan, OISE/University of Toronto
"Developing Inclusive Schools is a milestone in understanding how inclusive education developments have evolved during the last three decades. It not only maps and addresses challenges, dilemmas and tensions, but paves the way forward towards more inclusive education systems across the world."
- Renato Opertti, UNESCO-IBE (International Bureau of Education)
"Ainscow has long been at the forefront of international thinking and activity in the field of inclusive education, and he draws on this extensive experience throughout the book via vignettes....This is a provocative and ambitious vision of how a shift to more inclusive practice might be achieved."
- Heather Earnshaw, Sian Jones, Andrea Priestley, Stella Mouroutsou, and Louise Barrett, Scottish Educational Review
