Gary Thomas & David Walker 
The Making of the Inclusive School 

Inclusion is a buzzword of the 1990s. Politicians now stress their commitment to inclusion and social justice – not competition. For schools, inclusion means accepting and educating all children, irrespective of their difficulties.

The new inclusive mood is about including everyone in society”s institutions. It has created a growing demand for schools to find effective ways of including and teaching all children – even those who at one time would have been sent to special schools.

The book combines a theoretical examination of inclusion and its rationale with the story of a group of schools in which teachers, assistants and children have striven to make inclusion happen.

This new book

* explores the arguments for inclusive schools

* examines the international evidence about children”s well-being and academic progress in inclusive schools

* describes how the pioneers have developed their practice for inclusion

* presents the findings of an in-depth 18 month study of a group of schools which have striven to make inclusion happen