Becoming a Great Inclusive Educator - Second edition

by Scot Danforth (Editor)

Overview

Becoming a Great Inclusive Educator, Second Edition offers educators the guidance and resources to become great inclusive educators by engaging in a powerful process of personal and professional transformation.　 Inclusive education continues to grow in popularity and acceptance in the United States. But most teachers – general and special educators – are poorly prepared to be successful in inclusive classrooms and schools. Undoubtedly, the challenge to professionals involves the acquisition of new knowledge and skills. But inclusion requires far more. It calls upon educators to trouble everything they think they know about disability, to question their deepest ethical commitments, to take up the work of the Disability Rights Movement in the public schools, and to leap headlong into the deepest waters of the rich craft tradition of inclusive teaching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433134852
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	07/04/2017
Series:	Disability Studies in Education , #21
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Scot Danforth is Professor and Assistant Dean of Research, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University. He is a leading scholar in the fields of disability studies in education and inclusive education. His previous books include The Incomplete Child: An Intellectual History of Learning Disabilities, Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education (co-edited with Susan Gabel), and Foundations of Inclusive Education Research (co-edited with Phyllis Jones).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Transformation 1

Section 1 Foundations of Successful Inclusion 23

Chapter 2 Knowing Disability 25

Chapter 3 Teaching for the Disability Rights Movement 45

Chapter 4 What Is Best in the American Dream 79

Section 2 The Living Tradition of Inclusive Education Practice 101

Chapter 5 Collaboration and Co-teaching 105

Chapter 6 Friendships in the Classroom 115

Chapter 7 Partnerships with Parents and Families 127

Chapter 8 Encouraging Positive Behavior 137

Chapter 9 Differentiated Instruction 151

Chapter 10 School Reform 165

Section 3 Narratives of Inclusive Education Struggle and Success 177

Chapter 11 A Journey into Inclusive Education Carrie D. Wysocki 181

Chapter 12 It Takes a Whole School Kimberly Millstead 193

Chapter 13 Using "Numbers and Narrative" to Support Inclusive Schooling Meghan Cosier 203

Chapter 14 "It's always about the kids, not us": Successful Elementary Co-teaching Zachary Rossetti 217

Chapter 15 Spilt Milk Counts: Belonging and Moving on Down the Hall Stacey Hodgins S. Anthony Thompson 229

Chapter 16 Inclusive Education: A Messy and Liberating Venture Emily Nusbaum 239

Chapter 17 "I don't have a special world for her to live in: She has to adapt to this one": On Becoming a Renaissance Middle Schooler Alicia A. Broderick 251

Chapter 18 Including Talia: A Mother's Tale Kathy Kotel 267

Chapter 19 Respecting and Reaching All Learners in English Language Arts Classes: A Glimpse into a New York City High School Fran Bittman Sarah Bickens David J. Connor 281

Chapter 20 What 20+ Years of Secondary Inclusion Has Taught Us Douglas Fisher Nancy Frey 297

Chapter 21 "Now, I'm part of the family […] well, almost!": Family Matters for Schooling Success John Colin Srikala Naraian 305

Chapter 22 On the Ethical Meaning of Human Differences: A Non-Disabled Child in Inclusive Schools Scot Danforth 319

Chapter 23 A Sense of Belonging: Student Perspectives on Inclusive Education Rebecca Brooks 329

Chapter 24 Including Students with Developmental Disabilities: Simple, Not Easy Michael F. Giangreco 341

Chapter 25 Conclusion-Old Habits, New Thinking 353