Leading Inclusion from the Inside Out

Professor Emer Ring is Dean of Early Childhood and Teacher Education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland.Dr Lisha O’Sullivan is Head of Department of Reflective Pedagogy and Early Childhood Studies at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland.Marie Ryan is an educational psychologist and a lecturer in early childhood education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland.Dr Patricia Daly is a former Head of the Department of Educational Psychology and Special and Inclusive Education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland.

• CONTENTS:Foreword – Glossary of Terms – Terminology – Emer Ring: Introduction – Introduction: Looking Towards a New Era of Leading Education for All from the Inside Out: The Potential of a Bioecological Lens in Creating Early Childhood Experiences Where Diversity Becomes the Norm – Emer Ring/Paula Harte/Maurice Harmon: The Child at the Centre – Making Children’s Right to Participate Visible and Children’s Voices Distinct in the Acoustic of Early Childhood Education – Marie Doherty: Children from Birth to 3 Years: Valuing and Supporting Our Earliest Learners, as They Begin Their Educational Journey – Marie Ryan: Interactions Drive Development: What Does This Actually Mean for Practice? – Anna Barr/Paula Hilliard: Realising Inclusive Culture, Pedagogy and Practice – Realising and Building Partnership with Parents and Families – Shirley Heaney/Sarah Feeney: Wellbeing as Central to Including All Children in the Early Years – Lisha O’Sullivan: Play as a Pedagogy for All Children – Sarah Kelleher/Edel Fenlon: Making the Environment the Third Teacher – Sharon Skehill: Leadership for Including All Children – Leadership in the Early Learning and Care Setting – Ann Donnellan/Margaret Joyce/Rachael Ryan: Leading and Implementing Whole-Setting and Individual Planning – Patricia M. Daly: Assessed Needs as Signposts for Learning and Development – Notes on Contributors.

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