How inclusion became exclusion: Policy, teachers and inclusive education

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Abstract

It is almost two decades since a concept of inclusion as selective segregation was proposed as an alternative to the concept of full inclusion and inclusive education was reconfigured as providing children with varied educational settings in order to meet their needs. A version of this model of inclusive education subsequently gained political traction in England where the issue of segregated or mainstream provision is now constructed as a matter of parental choice and child voice. Meanwhile, the implications of this latest model of inclusive education for teachers and schools in a rapidly changing wider educational landscape have largely been ignored or reduced to a question of training. This paper explores how the inclusive education landscape has changed in England in recent years, charting recent key developments in areas such as policy, statutory guidance and teacher training, with particular reference to teacher workload and the positioning of teachers within political and polemical educational discourse.

Publication Date

2019-03-20

Publication Title

Journal of Education Policy

ISSN

0268-0939

Embargo Period

2020-09-19

Keywords

Inclusive education, Performativity, Special educational needs, Teacher workload

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