Approaches to Educational and Social Inclusion

Gajendra K. Verma is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Manchester, UK. Devorah Kalekin-Fishman is Senior Researcher at the University of Haifa, Israel.

• Introduction and overview Gajendra K. VermaPART I: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES1. Education and social integration for all: Challenges and responses Gajendra K. Verma2. Furthering social inclusion through citizenship education: Cultivating civic action in early childhood education Devorah Kalekin-Fishman3. Pedagogies and partnerships for educating the whole child Carl A. Grant and Elisabeth Zwier4. Broadstreaming through creative learning: An approach towards educational inclusion Vijoy PrakashPART II: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY AND PRACTICE5. Inclusive education and societal development: An Indian perspective Ran Bijay N. Sinha and Rupa Lakshmi6. The field of education in New Zealand: Inclusion/exclusion in schooling Charles Crothers7. European Union policies for lifelong learning: A 'portal' to social inclusion? Eugenia A. Panitsidou8. Educational policies and teachers' professional development: Disability issues Panagiotis Giavrimis, Stella Giossi and Adamantios Papastamatis9. Gender parity: Inclusion in Bangladesh education Samir Ranjan NathPART III: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE RESPONSES TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION10. Challenges for education and inclusiveness in India Mohd Akhtar Siddiqui11. Bilingual immigrant students and inclusive learning: Issues and challenges Eleni Griva12. Dyslexia: A learning disability in the Indian context Mona Tabassum and Manju Kumari13. Inclusive learning: The challenge of special needs Royston Flude14. Reaching the unreached: Traverse of alternative and innovative schools K. GireesanAfterword Devorah Kalekin-Fishman

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