Practising successful inclusion

This chapter aims to: Describe best teaching practices for the successful inclusion of students with additional needs in regular schools, focusing on the development of positive attitudes to inclusion and strategies for creating inclusive environments. Provide and explain research-based evidence for best practices in inclusion. Describe and explain the notions of 'embracing, negotiating, programming, resourcing and building capacity for' inclusion in personal, classroom, school and community contexts. Give pre-service and early career teachers an insight into the experience of engaging in a school community which practises successful inclusion. Provide a philosophical scaffold and context for the following chapters on inclusive teaching and learning practices, strategies to support inclusive teaching and inclusion across the school years.3rd ed