Improving Schools, Developing Inclusion

implications for policy and practice in the field. It looks at:
- Implications for the work of school leaders
- How staff teams work can together in order to address barriers to participation and learning
- How schools can collect and use evidence in order to strengthen their practices
- The sorts of critical and alternative perspectives to which schools need access
- The implications for relationships between schools, local authorities and researchers
At a time when policy-makers and practitioners are searching for more effective ways of responding to student diversity, this challenging book offers powerful messages as to what needs to be done to move schools in a more inclusive direction.

While many books explore the possibilities for developing inclusive practices in schools, and ‘inclusion’ is widely regarded as a desirable goal, much of the literature on the subject has been narrowly concerned with the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs. This book however, takes the view that marginalisation, exclusion and underachievement take many forms and affect many different kinds of child. As such, a definition of inclusion should also touch upon issues of equity, participation, community, entitlement, compassion, respect for diversity and sustainability. Here the highly regarded authors focus on: barriers to participation and learning experienced by pupils the practices that can overcome these barriers the extent to which such practices facilitate improved learning outcomes how such practices can be encouraged and sustained within schools and LEAs. The book is part of the Improving Learning series, published in partnership with the Teaching and Learning Research Project.

Part 1: What is the Issue? 1. Improving Schools, Developing Inclusion? 2. Inclusive Development and the Policy Context 3. Establishing the Research Network Part 2: What Does Research Tell Us? 4. Manoeuvring Space for Inclusion 5. Winding Up to Inclusion 6. Creating Interruptions Part 3: What are the Overall Implications? 7. Making School Improvement Inclusive 8. Towards an Inclusive Education System

Mel Ainscow, School of Education, University of Manchester, UK. Mel Ainscow, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Alan Dyson, School of Education, University of Manchester, UK.