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Inclusion in British Columbia's public schools

3 Nov 2005

We are referring to a school system that in both its design and its effect continually strives to ensure that each student has access to and is enabled to participate in the school community, to be part of the community in positive and reinforcing ways and whose identity is reflected in the operations of the school community.” (MacKay & Burt-Garrans, 2004, p. 6) “There is no longitudinal, validate [...] The exploration of ‘excellence’ and ‘equity’ is important in considering the evolution of inclusion, because inclusion stresses equity and the academic and social development of all students in schools. [...] Pudlas (2001) reviewed the evolution of services for students with exceptional needs in B. C.’s education system from the founding of a school for the deaf in 1888 to the report of the Special Education Review by Siegel & Ladyman (2000), arguing that “resistance to and misunderstanding of inclusion remains.” (p. [...] In the view of these teachers, changing the class composition by increasing the numbers of students with special needs is therefore reducing the 5 12 quality of education for the students and forcing the teacher to change teaching styles.” There are copious amounts of literature informing teachers how to include [...] In addition to funding and legislated contract changes that reduced staffing and resources for inclusion, the government also disbanded the Ministry of Education Special Programs Branch, with the result that provincial support declined for teachers in terms of web publication and other ways of disseminating information.
inclusive education

Authors

Naylor, Charles Stanley

Pages
32
Published in
Canada