Featuring leading voices in the field from across Canada and Europe, this edited collection offers empirical analyses of the historical, social, cultural, and legislative determinants of inclusive education in Canadian schools.
Covering four thematic areas including the structure, culture, and practices of inclusive education, the volume offers comparative insights from a European perspective, engaging critically with widely held views of Canada as a world leader in inclusive education. Providing rich comparisons with educational systems in Germany, Spain, and Finland, chapters explore in-depth the assessment structures and curricula specific to Canada, as well as educational policy, and explore attitudes and practices in relation to diverse student populations, including refugee and indigenous peoples, and students with special educational needs.
This volume will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in multicultural education, international and comparative education, as well as educational policy more specifically. Those involved with inclusion and special educational needs will also benefit from this volume.
Author(s): Theodore Michael Christou, Robert Kruschel, Ian Alexander Matheson, Kerstin Merz-Atalik
Series: Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 332
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
About the Editors and Authors
1. Introduction: Inclusion in International “Dialogue”
PART I: Unpacking Inclusion
2. Canada as a “Driving Force” for Inclusion Activists in European Countries?: Comparative Perspectives on Inclusive Education in Europe and Canada
3. Doing Belonging and Social Coherence: Discoursesof Belonging in Canada and Their Influenceon Social Cohesion
4. A “Swarm of Discourses”: Inclusion in Canada
5. Inclusive Education in Canada: An Overview
PART II: Structures around Inclusive Education
6. Current Trends in Inclusive and Special Education in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and Finland
7. Education for Young Refugees: Processes of Inclusion and Exclusion in Munich and Toronto
8. On the Disappearance of Childhood: An Exploratory Interview Study of the Christian Homeschooling Milieu in Canada
9. Structures That Inhibit and That Support Inclusive Education in Canada: A Response from a Canadian Scholar in Inclusive Education
PART III: Cultures around Inclusive Education
10. Cultural Challenges for School and Social Participation in Canada’s Indigenous Reserves: The Example of the Atikamekw Community of Manawan in Québec
11. Indigenous Cultural Inclusivity in Canadian Schools: Considerations and Imperatives
12. Reclaiming Disability: Of Mino-Pimatisiwin, Belonging, and Gentle Teaching
13. Why Decolonisation Is So Important: A Comment to the Paper of Margaret Kress
PART IV: Practices of Inclusive Education
14. Individual Reference Norm Orientationand Motivation: Perspectives from Germany, Finland, and Canada
15. Human Rights-Based Education—Inclusive and “Appropriate”?: Some Questions after Visits to Toronto and New Brunswick
16. Curriculum Design in Inclusive Education: Comparison of Curricular Approaches to Diversity at School in Prince Edward Island (Canada), Finland, and South Tyrol
17. Advancing Inclusion in Education Systems: Insights from New Brunswick
18. Response from Canadian Scholar in Inclusive Education: What Can Comparative Views of Inclusive Practices Teach Us?
19. Conclusion: Inclusion in Canada: An Ongoing Effort
Glossary of Terms
Index
