Keeping the promise? - Contextualizing Inclusive Education in Developing Countries

Rolf Werning / Alfredo J. Artiles /Petra Engelbrecht / Myriam Hummel /Marta Caballeros / Antje Rothe(Eds.):Keeping the Promise?

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Content

Nidhi Singal: Foreword

Introduction

Petra Engelbrecht and Alfredo J. Artiles: 1 Inclusive Education: Contextualizing the Historyof a Global Movement

1 History of Inclusive Education

2 Global Debates and Research on the Implementation of Inclusive Education

3 Main Themes from Research on Inclusive Education in Developing Countries

4 Conclusions

References

Myriam Hummel, Petra Engelbrecht and Rolf Werning: 2.1 Developing an Understanding of Inclusive Education in Malawi

1 Malawi’s Socio-Economic and Cultural Contexts

2 The Malawi Education System

3 Central Research Findings

4 Future Perspectives

References

Antje Rothe, Evance Charlie and Anderson Chikumbutso Moyo: 2.2 Global Processes and Local Manifestations: Two Case Studies from Malawi

1 Methodological Issues

2 Characteristics of the Selected Case Study Schools

3 Dimensions of Analysis and Findings: Special Education and Inclusive Education

4 Dimensions of Analysis and Findings: Policy Idealism and School Reality

5 Dimensions of Analysis and Findings: Traditional Orientations versus Formal Education

6 Comparison

7 Conclusions

References

Cristina Perdomo, Marta Caballeros, Alfredo J. Artiles, Magaly Menéndez and Gerson Sontay: 3.1 Developing an Understanding of Inclusive Education in Guatemala

1 Guatemala’s Socio-Economic and Cultural Contexts

2 The Guatemalan Education System

3 Methodology of the Study

4 Inclusive Education from the Stakeholder Perspective

5 Discussion

6 Concluding Remarks

References

Marta Caballeros, Alfredo J. Artiles, Héctor Canto and Cristina Perdomo: 3.2 Inclusive Education in Developing Countries: Two Case Studies from Guatemala

1 Case Study School 1: Inclusive School in a Slum Area

2 Inclusive Education in the Midst of Inequality: The Case of a Rural School

3 Discussion

References

Myriam Hummel, Antje Rothe and Rolf Werning: 4 Theoretical Annotations of the Research Results from Guatemala and Malawi

1 Tensions in the Implementation of Inclusive Education

2 Recontextualization of Inclusive Education on Different System Levels

3 Inclusive Education: From Negative Pressure to Positive Pressure

4 Conclusions

References

Antje Rothe, Marta Caballeros, Myriam Hummel, Petra Engelbrecht, Alfredo J. Artiles and Rolf Werning: 5 Reflections on the Future of Inclusive Education

Future Perspective #1: Using Situated Models of InclusiveEducation

Future Perspective #2: Considering the Importance of Educational Quality in the Process of Realizing Inclusive Education

Future Perspective #3: Creating Positive Pressure

Keeping the Promise?

References

Short Biographies of the Authors and Editors

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