Moving towards Inclusive Education

Lise Claiborne, Ph.D., Australian National University, co-directs the Difference, Diversity, Inclusion Research Unit at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She has published many articles on difference, inclusion and educational psychology, and co-authored four editions of Human Development (McGraw-Hill).Vishalache Balakrishnan, Ph.D., Victoria University of Wellington, is the Director for Centre for Research in International and Comparative Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia. She has published many articles and books on moral and civics education and multicultural education.

• PrefaceVishalache BalakrishnanNotes on Contributors1 Introduction: Continuing Struggles around Inclusive EducationLise Claiborne and Vishalache BalakrishnanPART 1: National Settings for Implementation of UN Policies2 Children with Disabilities in New Zealand Schools: Implementing Policy to Develop Inclusive PracticesCarol Hamilton3 Inclusive Education in PolandEugeniusz Świtała4 Pedagogical Possibilities in Culturally Diverse Educational Contexts: Theory and Practice of Inclusive Education in the NetherlandsWiel Veugelers and Yvonne Leeman5 Commentary on Part 1: Messing with Inclusive EducationTim Corcoran and Ben WhitburnPART 2: Juggling Inclusive Education with Cultural Complexities6 Khot Ail as an Inclusive Education Approach in a Mongolian SchoolDorothea W. Hancock with Sanjaabadam Sid and Bayarmaa Bazarsuren7 Exploring Inclusive Practices in School through Character and Moral Education in TaiwanYen-Hsin Chen8 Evidence of Effectiveness of a Brazilian Inclusive Practices Programme in Early Identification of Autism Spectrum DisorderCleonice Alves Bosa, Simone Steyer and Silvia Helena Koller9 Commentary on Part 2: Inclusive Education and Character Formation as a Tug-of-War between Local and GlobalVishalache BalakrishnanPART 3: Indigenous Culture and Language as Crucial Aspects of Difference in an Inclusive Society10 Creating Culturally Inclusive Contexts for Engagement and Learning: Authentic and Agentic Drivers for SuccessSonja Macfarlane11 Inclusive Practices in Bangladesh: Multilingual Education for Indigenous ChildrenSikder Monoare Murshed and Mashrur Imtiaz12 Commentary on Part 3: Questions for Inclusive Education from Indigenous Cultures and LanguagesRoger MoltzenPART 4: Getting Down to it: Teaching Strategies towards Transformation13 Beyond Inclusion/Exclusion in Teaching about Difference: Entanglements at The Edge of PracticeLise Claiborne14 Developing Inclusive Practices in the Classroom: Engaging All Students in Classroom ChangeMaria Kecskemeti15 Commentary on Part 4: Big Dreams for Inclusive EducationBronwyn Davies16 Afterword: Possibilities for Education in a World of Difference and ExclusionLise ClaiborneIndex