Critically Discuss the Key Developments Within Special and Inclusive Education and Their Impact on Disabled Learners and Current Inclusive Education Provision
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Critically discuss the key developments within special and inclusive education and their impact on disabled learners and current inclusive education provision
1. Introduction
The aim of this essay is to contextualize the evolution of special education for disabled learners and inclusive education, placing a particular accent on the role of the 1978 Warnock report on their development in the UK since. This will take into account both further legislation on the matter, originated from the Warnock report, and public and social initiatives supporting and facilitating the integration of people with special needs in society.
This analysis will not only revolve around the British status quo on special needs and inclusive education, but will also delve into international examples and practices, used as a comparison and possible source of inspiration. In the next pages, the particular case of Canada, a country in the forefront for the implementation of inclusive and special needs education, will be source of much material for discussion and comparison.
This study aims at producing a critical overview of the history of special needs and inclusive education in the UK, based on both legal and practical example of its evolution. It will also propose comparative material potentially helpful to develop and ameliorate the nation’s current views and practices on the subject.
2. Special Needs and Inclusive Education: A Brief History
As discussed by Hodkinson and Vickerman (2009), the idea of creating, or even being in need, of a special type of education for children with disability had never been considered before the advent of the industrial era. The industrial revolution, however, changed all this, as Britain was transformed almost overnight from a largely agricultural society to an industrial one (Hodkinson and Vickerman, 2009, 32-52). This meant that, especially in an urban environment, the structures which would have been in charge of taking care of special needs...
1. Introduction
The aim of this essay is to contextualize the evolution of special education for disabled learners and inclusive education, placing a particular accent on the role of the 1978 Warnock report on their development in the UK since. This will take into account both further legislation on the matter, originated from the Warnock report, and public and social initiatives supporting and facilitating the integration of people with special needs in society.
This analysis will not only revolve around the British status quo on special needs and inclusive education, but will also delve into international examples and practices, used as a comparison and possible source of inspiration. In the next pages, the particular case of Canada, a country in the forefront for the implementation of inclusive and special needs education, will be source of much material for discussion and comparison.
This study aims at producing a critical overview of the history of special needs and inclusive education in the UK, based on both legal and practical example of its evolution. It will also propose comparative material potentially helpful to develop and ameliorate the nation’s current views and practices on the subject.
2. Special Needs and Inclusive Education: A Brief History
As discussed by Hodkinson and Vickerman (2009), the idea of creating, or even being in need, of a special type of education for children with disability had never been considered before the advent of the industrial era. The industrial revolution, however, changed all this, as Britain was transformed almost overnight from a largely agricultural society to an industrial one (Hodkinson and Vickerman, 2009, 32-52). This meant that, especially in an urban environment, the structures which would have been in charge of taking care of special needs...