| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 165 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in inclusive education ; v. 10 |
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Studies in inclusive education (Sense Publishers) ; v. 10.
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| Contents |
Struggles for integrazione scolastica: Historical and legislative analyses. Questioning the policy of integrazione scolastica ; The legislative measures that paved the way to the policy of integrazione scolastica ; An alternative history of integrazione scolastica ; Conclusion. -- Inclusive education and special needs education. Inclusive education and disability ; Inclusive education from an international perspective ; Inclusive education as a process of transformation of the education system ; Inclusive education: Italian style ; Special education in Italy: A history of care and compensation ; Conclusion. -- A sociological approach to the study of integrazione scolastica. The social model of disability ; The individual/medical model of disability ; Critiques of the social model of disability ; The Italian model of disability: the International Classification of Functioning, disability and health (ICF) ; Foucault and Gramsci ; Conclusion. -- Policy analysis: Mistaking the means for the end. Inclusive education as a policy making process ; Investigating meanings: One integrazione or many integrazioni? ; National statistical data: Challenges and developments ; Conclusion. -- Investigating inclusive practice in the schools of Adriazzurra. Research process and methods ; Contradictions and tensions arising from the implementation of integrazione scolastica at a school level ; Micro-exclusions in the mainstream settings ; Conclusion. -- Deconstructing integrazione scolastica. Discourses as data ; The identification of systemic barriers ; The hegemonic discourse of integrazione scolastica ; Conclusion. -- Constructing inclusive education. Schools at a cross-road ; Recommendations for the schools in Adriazzurra ; New areas of debate: How to develop inclusive thinking ; Conclusion. -- Concluding comments: A critical analysis of the policy of integrazione scolastica |
| Summary |
This book provides an innovative and thought-provoking analysis of the policy of integrazione scolastica from an inclusive perspective. Drawing on historical and empirical research methods the book arises out of an ethnographic study, which investigates the extent to which the policy of integrazione scolastica can be considered an inclusive policy. The author poses two fundamental questions: why are there episodes of micro-exclusion and discrimination against disabled pupils still taking place in regular schools after more than 30 years have passed since the enactment of such a progressive policy? Can the policy of integration lead to the development of inclusion in Italy? The research findings presented in the book indicate that exclusion and discrimination towards disabled pupils in education do not result from a lack of implementation of the policy at a school level, rather from the perpetuation of dominant discourses, which construct disability as an individual deficit. The book does not deny the progress made in the country following the application of this anti-discriminatory policy; rather it challenges the hegemonic abilist culture and the traditional perspectives of disability and schooling that undermine the development of inclusive education. After having investigated the theoretical premises of the policy of integration, the author argues that this progressive policy is still rooted in a special needs education paradigm and that what was once a liberating policy has been transformed into a hegemonic tool which still manages, controls and normalizes disability leaving school settings and teaching and learning routines unchanged. She finally argues for a human rights approach for the development of an inclusive school for the 21st century. The book is an essential reading for academics, policy makers, researchers and students involved in education as it links ideological pressures to practical analyses |
| Analysis |
Education |
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Educational Policy and Politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Education and state -- Italy
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Inclusive education -- Italy
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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Sciences sociales.
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Droit.
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Sciences humaines.
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Education and state
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Inclusive education
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Italy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789460913426 |
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9460913423 |
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