| Title: |
This New Field of Inclusive Education: Beginning a Dialogue on Conceptual Foundations |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Danforth, Scot; Naraian, Srikala |
| Source: |
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Feb 2015 53(1):70-85. |
| Availability: |
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-1897. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://aaidd.allenpress.com |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
16 |
| Publication Date: |
2015 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: |
Inclusion; Disabilities; Special Education; Foundations of Education; Regular and Special Education Relationship; Mainstreaming; Educational Resources; Educational Policy |
| DOI: |
10.1352/1934-9556-53.1.70 |
| ISSN: |
1934-9491 |
| Abstract: |
Numerous scholars have suggested that the standard knowledge base of the field of special education is not a suitable intellectual foundation for the development of research, policy, and practice in the field of inclusive education. Still, we have yet to have a dialogue on what conceptual foundations may be most generative for the growth and development of the field of inclusive education. This article imagines and initiates such a new dialogue among educational researchers and teacher educators about the intellectual resources that can best support inclusive educators everywhere. As inclusive education gets increasingly taken up within international policy discourses, it may be imperative to explore and identify theories and ideas that can be responsive to diverse and hugely unequal contexts of schooling. This article forwards an initial collection of intellectual resources for an inclusive education that can accommodate such complex schooling conditions and invites rich scholarly exchange on this issue. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2015 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1060446 |
| Database: |
ERIC |