Cooper / Jacobs From Inclusion to Engagement

Helping Students Engage with Schooling through Policy and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-119-99613-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten, E-Book

From Inclusion to Engagement challenges the ideologicallydriven academic discourse that has come to dominate inclusiveeducation by presenting research-based knowledge about whatactually works.
* Presents an innovative approach rooted in a biopsychosocialtheoretical perspective - an approach that is stillrelatively misunderstood within the educational sphere
* Offers insights based on an extensive review of contemporaryinternational research in the field
* Avoids the biases of ideology in favour of science-based socialand educational outcomes
* The first comprehensive account of evidence-based interventionsfor students with Social, Emotional and BehaviouralDifficulties

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Paul

Jacobs, Barbara

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables vii
About the Authors ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction: From Inclusive Education to Educational Engagement - Putting Reality before Rhetoric and Finding the Elephant in the Living Room 1
2 SEBD: The Evolution of Intervention and Current Theory 29
3 The Teacher-Student Interface 63
4 Interventions for Enhancing Teachers' Skills 79
5 Whole-school Approaches and Support Systems 99
6 Small-Scale On- and Off-Site Provision 127
7 Working with Parents 141
8 Multi-Agency Intervention 149
9 A Summary of the Research Evidence 163
10 Conclusions 189
Appendix I 197
Appendix II 199
References 201
Index 235

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Cooper is Professor of Education at the University ofLeicester and a Chartered Psychologist. He has lecturedinternationally and is Editor of The International Journal ofEmotional Education. He has authored, co-authored, and editedmany books relating to children with special needs, and in 2001 wasjoint winner of the TES/NASEN Book Award. Professor Cooper was alsothe editor of the quarterly journal Emotional and BehaviouralDifficulties for 14 years.
Barbara Jacobs is a professional writer, lecturer,broadcaster and researcher, who has recently completed a late-lifePhD on autistic intelligence, at the School of Education,University of Leicester.