Special educational needs and inclusive education Major Themes in Education major themes in education Series

The field of special educational needs and inclusive education is not only of enormous importance to the study of education as a whole, it also constitutes a site of major debate. Conflicting arguments include:

* changes in the conceptualisation of special needs
* the role of assessment
* the extent to which students with special needs should and can be educated in regular school settings
* the relative weight given to central versus local control of education
* pedagogical issues.

In all of these paradigm clashes, countries are at different stages in reaching settlements. These difficulties reflect a range of factors, including intellectual traditions, cultural values, economic circumstances, and demography.

The articles assembled in this collection provide a global perspective on these debates. The collection as a whole demonstrates how the fields of special education and inclusive education have evolved philosophically and technically over the past thirty years, as well as showing the contemporary state of approaches to educating students with special education needs.

Titles also available in this series include: Literacy (June 2004, 4 Volumes, £495), Educational Management (October 2004, 4 Volumes, £495) and the forthcoming Early Years Education (2005, c.4 Volumes, c. £475).

Volume I: Systems And Contexts

1. Carol Christensen, 'Disabled, Handicapped or Disordered: 'What's in a Name?'', in C. Christensen and F. Rizvi, eds., Disability and the Dilemmas of Education and Justice, (Buckingham: Open University Press, 1996), pp.63-78.

2. Burt Perrin and Bengt Nirje, 'Setting the Record Straight: A Critique of Some Frequent Misconceptions of the Normalization Principle', Australia And New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 11, 2, 1985, pp.69-74.

3. Wolf Wolfensberger, 'Social Role Valorization: A Proposed New Term for the Principle of Normalization', Mental Retardation, 21, 6, 1983, pp.234-239.

4. Evangeline R. Danseco, 'Parental Beliefs on Childhood Disability: Insights on Culture, Child Development and Intervention', International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 44, 1, 1997, pp.41-52.

5. Jean P. Hall, 'Narrowing the Breach: Can Disability Culture and Full Educational Inclusion be Reconciled?', Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 13, 3, 2002, pp.144-152.

6. Michael J. Oliver, 'Capitalism, Disability, and Ideology: A Materialist Critique of the Normalization Principle', in R.J. Flynn And R.A. Lemay, eds., A Quarter-Century of Normalization and Social Role Valorization: Evolution and Impact, (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1999), pp.163-173.

7. Alfredo J. Artiles, 'Special Education's Changing Identity: Paradoxes and Dilemmas in Views of Culture and Space', Harvard Educational Review, 73, 2, 2003, pp.164-202.

8. Donald L. MacMillan and Daniel J. Reschly, 'Overrepresentation of Minority Students: The Case for Greater Specificity or Reconsideration of the Variables Examined', The Journal of Special Education, 32, 1, 1998, pp.15-24.

9. Jill Bevan-Brown, 'Evaluating Special Education Services for Learners from Ethnically Diverse Groups: Getting it Right', The Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 26, 3, 2001, pp.138-147.

10. Michael L. Wehmeyer and Michelle Schwartz, 'Disproportionate Representation of Males in Special Education Services: Biology, Behavior, or Bias?', Education and Treatment of Children. 24, 1, 2001, pp.28-45.

11. Harry Daniels, Valerie Hey, Diana Leonard, and Marjorie Smith, 'Issues of Equity in Special Needs Education from a Gender Perspective', British Journal of Special Education, 26, 4, 1999, pp.189-195.

12. Michael Miles, 'Disability on a Different Model: Glimpses of an Asian Heritage', Disability and Society, 15, 4, 2000, pp.603-618.

13. Alice Bradley, 'Community Based Rehabilitation in Developing Countries', in P.Lacey and C. Ouvrey, eds., People with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities: A Collaborative Approach to Meeting Complex Needs, (London: David Fulton Publishers, 1998), pp.215-225.

14. Department Of Education, 'Executive Summary', in Education White Paper 6. Special Needs Education: Building an Inclusive Education and Training System, (Pretoria, Republic of South Africa: Department Of Education, 2001), pp.5-8.

15. Mary Warnock, 'Equality Fifteen Years on', Oxford Review of Education, 17, 2, 1991, pp.145-153.

16. Lloyd M. Dunn, 'Special Education for the Mildly Retarded - Is Much of it Justified?', Exceptional Children, 35, 1968, pp.5-22.

17. Garry Thomas