Childhood Education articles from August 2007

Childhood Education archives from August 2007

Inclusive educational practices around the world: an introduction.
August 15, 2007... The Council for Exceptional Children (2006), the leading organization for the education of children with special needs in the United States, provides the following definition of inclusion: Inclusion is a term used to describe the ideology...

Inclusive education in Zimbabwe: policy, curriculum, practice, family, and teacher education issues.
August 15, 2007... In the Zimbabwean context, inclusive education involves the identification and minimization or elimination of barriers to students' participation in traditional settings (i.e., schools, homes, communities, and workplaces) and the maximization...

From integration to inclusion: the Tirat Carmel Center for Learning Disabilities as a lever for beneficial integration of children with special needs.
August 15, 2007... This article describes changes experienced by the multidisciplinary team of the Center for Learning Disabilities in Tirat Carmel, Israel, in the wake of the enactment of the country's Special Education Law. Over the course of several years, the...

South African teachers' voices on support in inclusive education.(Report)
August 15, 2007... The formation of a democratic government brought significant changes in South Africa. Today, the majority of education services are decentralized, and so the provinces have taken on the responsibility of implementing national education policies...

Including children with autism in general education in China.
August 15, 2007... In the People's Republic of China, a greater social attention to the education of children with special needs began to occur in the late 1970s, when President Deng Xiaoping introduced the Reform and Open Door policy. Since then, special...

Inclusive education across Europe: reflections upon 10 years of work from the European agency for development in special needs education.
August 15, 2007... The European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education is an independent, self-governing organization established by member countries to act as a platform for collaboration in the field of special needs education among the 28 member and...

"Hope in the life": the children of Qatar speak about inclusion.
August 15, 2007... Qatar is a small country located on a peninsula in the Arabian Gulf. Its population is approaching 800,000, of whom 500,000 are guest workers. Qatar has a high per capita income, derived from oil and liquid natural gas reserves. Doha, the...

Inclusion of school-age children with disabilities in Ukraine.
August 15, 2007... Located in Eastern Europe, Ukraine sits at a crossroads between Europe and Asia. The Ukrainian republic was the most important economic component of the former Soviet Union, producing about four times the output of the next-ranking republic....

A school for everyone?: the Swedish school system's struggles to reconcile societal goals with school and classroom practices.(Report)
August 15, 2007... A school for everyone means that all students should have access to and receive an equivalent education.... Inclusion means to participate in the whole. Teaching should therefore occur within the framework of the ordinary class; social feelings...

Special education in India at the crossroads.
August 15, 2007... Mom: Arun, bring your homework diary. Arun: I have only math and science homework today. Mom: Show me! Hmmm! What have you written, Arun? I can't make any sense at all. Again you did not copy the sums or your science homework correctly...

Students with special education needs in Canada and their use of assistive technology during the transition to secondary school.(Report)
August 15, 2007... Very little research exists surrounding the systematic investigation of what steps are being taken to assist students with special education needs as they move from elementary to secondary school. These students often have greater difficulty...

School and classroom practices in inclusive education in Australia.
August 15, 2007... Education in Australia is a state and territory concern (Department of Education, Science and Training, 2006a). Among the commonwealth, state, and territory legislation and agreements, "The Adelaide Declaration on the National Goals for...

Beyond benchmarks and scores: reasserting the role of motivation and interest in children's academic achievement: an ACEI position paper.(Association For Cultural Economics International)
August 15, 2007... Children at every age and stage can be surprisingly avid learners, such as the 5-yearold with encyclopedic knowledge about a favorite animal, the 10-year-old determined to advance to the next level of an electronic game, or the young adolescent...

Banning corporal punishment of children: an ACEI position paper.(Association For Cultural Economics International)
August 15, 2007... The Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) has sought to promote the inherent rights, education, and well-being of all children in the home, school, and community. Consistent with its overall mission, another major goal of the...