Principles of Education

2063 Words9 Pages
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION CENTRE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING EDU1: Principles of education. Assignment 1: Inclusion. Is it a way forward? Registration number: 0000000 Date of submission: 28-03-2009 Agreed Grade: 1C Word count: 1732 This assignment was prepared by 0000000 student on module EDU1 at the University of Stirling. I confirm this is my own individual work, all resources have been acknowledged and it has not been submitted previously for any other academic award. Page 1 of 6 Education is not a static system, it is constantly changing. It is important to know about the changes that are happening and understand the controversial issues in order to become good teachers. One of the controversial issues, which has seen rapid changes over the latter part of twentieth century, is the development of education for children with learning difficulties. The terms special educational needs (SEN) and inclusive education are very familiar to everybody involved in education. According to the Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs (DfES, 2001), a child has special educational needs if he/she has a learning difficulty which calls for special educational provision to be made for him/her. This essay is going to look at the advantages and disadvantages of inclusive schooling. It attempts to link an article by Kemp, published in The Guardian on April 22, 2008, which describes a pioneering project in special education and is attached at the end of this essay, to three of the themes, covered in this semester’s module of education. The three themes are human rights, good education and social change. In order to understand the issue, this essay is going to start with a brief overlook of the changes that have influenced the schooling of children with learning difficulties. Before the 1970
Open Document