Special Educational Needs A New Look

by Warnock, Mary; Norwich, Brahm; Terzi, Lorella

• ISBN13: 9781441180155
• ISBN10: 144118015X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-03
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Initially published by the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain in 2005, in this new edition, Mary Warnock has updated her argument, Brahm Norwich has contributed a counter-argument and Lorella Terzi has provided an introduction and afterword, drawing the two debates together. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Baroness Mary Warnock is by professional training a philosopher. She has also been a prominent figure in education, first as Headmistress of Oxford High School, UK and then as Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, UK She is the author of a number of books, most notably An Intelligent Person's Guide to Ethics. Brahm Norwich is Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs, University of Exeter, UK. He has published extensively in the field of inclusive and special education. Lorella Terzi is Reader in the School of Education at Roehampton University, UK. She is a philosopher of education, with training in political and moral philosophy.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Series Editor's Preface - Key Debates in Educational Policy	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
References	p. 9
Special Educational Needs: A New Look	p. 11
Overview	p. 11
The historical background	p. 15
The statement of special educational needs reconsidered	p. 24
The ideal of inclusion reconsidered	p. 32
Conclusions	p. 43
References	p. 45
A Response to 'Special Educational Needs: A New Look'	p. 47
Introduction	p. 47
Immediate responses to the pamphlet	p. 48
A detailed examination of 'Special Educational Needs: A New Look'	p. 57
What future for special educational needs, statements and inclusion?	p. 83
Concluding comments	p. 109
References	p. 111
Response to Brahm Norwich	p. 115
References	p. 140
Afterword: Difference, equality and the ideal of inclusion in education	p. 143
Identifying children's differences in education: needs or capabilities?	p. 144
Inclusion, inclusive education and capability equality	p. 153
References	p. 163
Index	p. 165
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