Description
About the Author
Kate Scorgie is a retired Professor, formerly of the School of Education, Azusa Pacific University, USA. Her research interests have included families of children with disabilities; home-school collaboration with parents of children in military families; disclosure and equity accommodation for persons with disability transitioning to postsecondary settings; and transformative learning for educator preparation.
Chris Forlin is an international education consultant, researcher and Independent Public School reviewer, based in Perth, Australia. She provides leadership in research in education reform for special and inclusive education in the Asia-Pacific region and has widespread extensive international experience in education working in the field for more than 45 years, providing regular international workshops and keynote addresses.
Reviews
This volume brings together 17 essays by sociology, education, psychology, disability and inclusion, and other specialists from North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand, who outline ways to promote social inclusion. They discuss the concepts of social inclusion and belonging, segregation and solidarity, fostering the social inclusion of youth through joint action, and nurturing hope, belonging, and engagement through equity; social inclusion programs and practices in education; practices to promote dignity and give voice to people with disabilities in developing countries, a New Zealand primary school, for neurodivergent communicators, and children and adults with hearing loss; and the importance of social inclusion within the school years and employment, including with university students, by using supported decision-making, and with mental health patients in Greece. -- Annotation (c)2019 * (protoview.com) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787695245
Author Kate Scorgie
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 493g