Key issues for teaching assistants : working in diverse and inclusive classrooms

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Teaching assistants are increasingly relied upon to provide for children who experience difficulties in learning. This highly accessible resource will be an essential companion for any teaching assistant who wants to understand more about inclusion and diversity in today's classrooms.

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Inclusive education

Special education

Teachers' assistants

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ISBN:

9780415434256

Description:

ix, 165 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction / Gill Richards and Felicity Armstrong
Inclusive education / Felicity Armstrong
Listening to learners : whose voice counts? / Gill Richards
Supporting Traveller children / Ken Marks and Margaret Wood
Not in my image : ethnic diversity in the classroom / Raphael Richards
The influence of gender on achievement / Steve Bartlett and Diana Burton
The inclusion assistant : young people with high-level support needs in mainstream schools, colleges and universities : developing good practice / Micheline Mason
'I'm a TA not a PA!' : teaching assistants working with teachers / Vicki Anderson and Maggie Finney
Inclusive relationships : insights from teaching assistants on how schools can reach parents / Michele Moore
A new role for special schools? / Gill Richards
Inclusion, extension and enrichment : personalized gifted and talented provision / Martyn Worrall and Joanne Steele
How schools create challenging behaviours / Joe Whittaker and Navin Kikabhai
Bullying in schools : or bullying schools? / Neil Duncan
Disabled children, inclusion and the law in England and Wales / David Ruebain
Social justice, human rights and inclusive education / Len Barton

LCCN:

2007018249

Control Number:

2745544

Other Authors:

Armstrong, Felicity
Richards, Gill

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