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Contents of Inclusive education

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Inclusive education

• Increasing participation and removing barriers
• Discourse dominated by arguments regarding integration in schools (mainstreaming) or specialisation
• Inclusive education, seen as a final destination
• E.g. outcomes focus on physical presence in a mainstream school rather than quality of learning experience
• Teachers learn about pathologies in order to fix them
• Teachers who opt to specialise in learning support are encouraged to acquire an identity as experts in learners' deficits