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Stumped By Student Needs: Factors In Developing Effective Teacher Collaboration, Peter Clyde Martin Jan 2014

Stumped By Student Needs: Factors In Developing Effective Teacher Collaboration, Peter Clyde Martin

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

The article discusses underlying issues in the collaboration of teachers to better address the needs of students who traditionally fail in public schools. Building on a theoretical foundation that considers a variety of factors that typically limit in-school collaboration, the article examines the case of three high school teachers who struggle to work with second language learners who are not functionally literate in either their first or second language and find themselves at great risk of academic failure. Attempts at collaboration among these three teachers are described and both favorable and detrimental cultural, structural, logistical, and personal factors are examined …


Theory And Practice Of Inclusive Education In Hungary, Agnes N. Toth Jan 2014

Theory And Practice Of Inclusive Education In Hungary, Agnes N. Toth

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Before changing the political regime, Hungary was almost exclusively affected by the Soviet and Eastern- European communist countries whose impact was profound on Hungarian education system as well. Hungary had a traditionally separated schooling system for mainstream and disabled children due to the diagnose-based model of special needs pedagogy. Vygotsky was one of the most popular scientists in Moscow who developed ‘an area of scientific scholarship devoted to problems of diagnosing, educating and rehabilitating children with physical and mental handicap (known as ‘defects’)’ (Knox 1989, as cited in Ainscow & Memmenasha 1998:16).


Influential Factors Of Deaf Identity Development, Ge Chen Jan 2014

Influential Factors Of Deaf Identity Development, Ge Chen

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The development of deaf identity is a complicated and difficult process, and it was studied by many researchers from last century. They found that the development of deaf identity was affected by a lot of different factors and then they proved these influential factors by the qualitative or quantitative research methods in their articles or books, such as, the status of hearing loss, the educational experience, the environment of family, the mode of communication and so on. In present article, such influential factors will be summarized based on analyzing the theory of deaf identity development, and how these factors influence …


Dynamic Evaluation Approach In Adapted Physical Education: Assessing Individualized Education Procedures For Inclusion Purposes, Dimitrios Kokaridas, M. Paslamouska, A. Patsiaouras, P. Natsis, I. Karagiannidis, G. Maggouritsa, P. Efthimiou Jan 2014

Dynamic Evaluation Approach In Adapted Physical Education: Assessing Individualized Education Procedures For Inclusion Purposes, Dimitrios Kokaridas, M. Paslamouska, A. Patsiaouras, P. Natsis, I. Karagiannidis, G. Maggouritsa, P. Efthimiou

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

The purpose of this study was to present a new Individualized Education Program (I.E.P.) developed for PE teachers using a dynamic evaluation procedure so as to assess its value in promoting educational knowledge. A modified version of the Evaluation Scale of the Educational Program’s Implementation (ESEPI) (Grammatikopoulos 2004) was applied for the needs of the research on a sample of 151 physical education teachers (84 men, 67 women), all working in Greek primary and secondary schools. Statistically significant differences were observed in ‘training’ factor with PE teachers who had previous experience of teaching students with disabilities or working in inclusion …


Inclusion And Sport: Analysis Of Selected South African Township Schools, T. M. Makoelle Jan 2014

Inclusion And Sport: Analysis Of Selected South African Township Schools, T. M. Makoelle

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In 1994, South Africa adopted an inclusive system of education in line with the rest of the world. The doors of learning were opened to all learners regardless of their background or disability. However, in spite of the changes, the notion of inclusive school sport as enshrined and articulated in White Paper 6 on special needs’ education published by the South African Department of Basic Education in 2001 has not been fully realized in terms of enabling a diverse inclusive sporting environment for all learners. The research on which this article is based therefore attempted to analyze the nature of …


A Starfish For Teaching: A Model Of Hope For Students And Pedagogy, Virginia Heslinga Jan 2014

A Starfish For Teaching: A Model Of Hope For Students And Pedagogy, Virginia Heslinga

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

Millenniums have offered ideas about how people think, cope, adjust, and survive. Nurturing and maintaining a heart and mind to help others, to be inclusive against incredible odds and societies that act more quickly to exclude needs symbols to aid progress. Cognition, observation, hope, imagination, perception, responsibility, and self-efficacy connect well to the starfish. Students of any age need images, symbols, role models, and practice in finding ways to triumph over life experiences that cause pain and discouragement. Starfish in actual examples, metaphors, and stories aid educators in building thinking, learning, and coping skills for healthy inclusive environments.


Welcome, Patricia R. Renick Jan 2014

Welcome, Patricia R. Renick

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

Welcome to the Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education. The conversations concerning inclusion continue with research from international perspectives.