Two Perspectives on Inclusion  In The United States

dc.creator	Curt Dudley-Marling
dc.creator	Mary Bridget Burns
dc.date	2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:42Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:42Z
dc.identifier	2325-663X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d49a6bf35a9749dab947fac8a5e98443
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16254
dc.description	The history of schooling for students with disabilities in the United States is marked by exclusion and, until the passage of the Education for All Children Act in the 1970s, a substantial number of students with disabilities were denied free public education and many more were poorly served by public schools. The requirement that all children be educated in the “least restrictive environment” gradually allowed many students with disabilities to be educated alongside their peers without disabilities and today a majority of students with disabilities spend more than 80% of their school days in regular classroom settings. Still, the meaning of inclusion is bitterly disputed, fueled in large part by two contrasting views of disability. This paper discusses these two views – a deficit stance and a social constructivist perspective – and the effects of these views on the meaning of inclusion, the purpose of inclusion, and how inclusive education is achieved.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Mercy College
dc.relation	http://ger.mercy.edu/index.php/ger/article/view/10/11
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2325-663X
dc.rights	CC BY-SA
dc.source	Global Education Review, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 14-32 (2013)
dc.subject	inclusion
dc.subject	equity
dc.subject	deficit perspective on inclusion
dc.subject	social constructivist stance on inclusion
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Two Perspectives on Inclusion In The United States
dc.type	article