2010
DOI: 10.1080/13603110802504200
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Inclusive education reform in Queensland: implications for policy and practice

Abstract: Key words: Inclusive education; Education policy; Support personnel; Professional developmentIn Queensland, Australia, the school system is being reformed to be more 'inclusive'.However the enthusiasm for 'inclusive education' in Queensland seems to be waning amongst practitioners, and the 'confusion, frustration, guilt and exhaustion' that has emerged with teachers and support practitioners in the UK, is emerging amongst support practitioners and teachers in Queensland. This article argues that this is happen… Show more

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“…As preservice teachers move into the role of beginning teacher, understanding their responsibilities and workplace expectations regarding how to respond to students with diverse needs can be challenging because of the deficit discourse that surrounds diversity and difference in schools (Bourke, 2010). Deficit discourse and the ideology that surrounds it define the limits of certain students based on their personal histories or perceived abilities and perpetuate educational practices.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As preservice teachers move into the role of beginning teacher, understanding their responsibilities and workplace expectations regarding how to respond to students with diverse needs can be challenging because of the deficit discourse that surrounds diversity and difference in schools (Bourke, 2010). Deficit discourse and the ideology that surrounds it define the limits of certain students based on their personal histories or perceived abilities and perpetuate educational practices.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is ongoing debate about the impact of the various disability models on the education of students with intellectual disability (e.g., Anastasiou & Kauffman, 2011), however, evidence suggests that the medical model remains influential in many education systems, including the system in Queensland (see, for example, Anderson & Boyle, 2015;Bourke, 2010). For example, school processes continue to rely on sorting children into disability categories and a deficit approach is used to address school difficulties.…”
Section: In That Itmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Differentiation and universal design for learning are current pedagogical practices regarding students with intellectual disability (van Kraayenoord, 2007), and knowledge of such approaches is increasingly required of all teachers, including those in the general classroom (Bourke, 2010). However, the common generalisations and accommodations recommended for other students with disability may not fit for some students with intellectual disability; the teaching of students with profound intellectual disability, in particular, is still regarded as the business of special education (Lyons & Arthur-Kelly, 2014).…”
Section: Pedagogymentioning
confidence: 99%
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