Publication date:
09 April 2014Length of book:
238 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
234x160mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781475807912
Inclusion: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices delineates timely strategies that address teachers’ concerns regarding the inclusive environment. Prior research is amalgamated with author Faith Andreasen’s investigation to arm the reader with a variety of appropriate student supports with the goal of strengthening inclusionary practice. Multiple educators clarify why they prefer particular methods when addressing various situations, thus detailing how inclusive classrooms can be established and sustained. The participants herein work with various age groups in assorted settings and have diverse years of experience. Informative and compelling, the reader completes Inclusion: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices armed with a variety of ideas and easy-to-implement applicable strategies that were gleaned from those who practice it every day.
When reflecting on her book, Exceptional People: Lessons Learned from Special Education Survivors, Dr. Faith Andreasen noted that some of her now-adult participants reported an awkward inclusive environment while others described accommodations that were accepting and supportive. This dichotomous information led Dr. Andreasen to pursue further research by examining inclusion from the teachers’ perspective. The result is a litany of situational and environmental factors that influence how inclusion is ultimately executed. In her passion to improve learning for exceptional students who have previously not been included, Dr. Andreasen has documented findings of best practices that, when integrated with her own research, create a book that provides excellent, practical approaches.