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Inclusion. He drew a circle that shut me out Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in! Outwitted by Edwin Markham (1936). What does inclusion mean to us individually? .
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He drew a circle that shut me out Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in! Outwitted by Edwin Markham (1936)
What does inclusion mean to us individually? • A global movement to enable children with special educational needs and disabilities to be fully integrated into mainstream school • A commitment to work with children in challenging circumstances • A way of working with groups – characterised by ‘multiple ways of knowing’ • A utopian ideal that can never be realised • Add your own
Some issues within inclusion • Inclusion in what? – Whose values, whose vision of society? • How does inclusion affect the mainstream? • Who owns the process – and the curriculum? • Partners understanding of the term
More questions • Separate or integrated? • Targetted or open programmes? • Prioritising - Now – Soon - When? • Achieving high quality outcomes with limited technical ability • The ethics of behavioural and societal change through the arts
And still more questions • What are the progression routes • What does inclusion cost - if we do it properly? • Do we do it properly? • Add your own questions