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What Really Works in Special and Inclusive Education

Using Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies
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What Really Works in Special and Inclusive Education offers educators a comprehensive guide to evidence-based strategies for inclusive teaching. This fully revised and updated third edition presents twenty-nine strategies, grouped into behavioural, social, cognitive, and mixed approaches, each backed by extensive international research and clear implementation advice. New chapters address modern topics including neuroscience, social and emotional education, visual learning, communication, and smooth transitions from school to post-school environments.

While centred on children with special educational needs, the practical strategies have broad applicability, making this book an essential companion for classroom teachers, school leaders, educational psychologists, trainers, and researchers.
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Essential reading for teachers, school leaders, special needs coordinators, educational psychologists, teacher educators, and researchers with an interest in special and inclusive education.

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This fully revised and updated third edition presents teachers with a range of up-to-date evidence-based strategies they can use to tackle the challenges of inclusive education. An essential resource for the busy educator, this book considers the most diverse and up-to-date research in education, psychology, health and technology.

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This fully revised and updated third edition presents teachers with a range of up-to-date, evidence-based strategies they can use to tackle the challenges of inclusive education. An essential resource for the busy educator, each of the twenty-nine strategies explored in What Really Works in Special and Inclusive Education has a substantial research base drawn from a range of countries, a strong theoretical rationale, and clear guidelines on their implementation, along with cautionary advice where necessary.

Key features of the third edition include:

  • An easy to follow structure divided into four categories: behavioural approaches, social strategies, cognitive strategies, and mixed strategies.
  • Eight new chapters, focusing on topical areas such as neuroscience, social and emotional education, visual learning and communication, and the transition from school to post-school environments.
  • Updated chapters that consider the most diverse and up-to-date research in education, psychology, health, and technology.

While the focus of this book is on children with special educational needs, the strategies are universally applicable. This makes it essential reading for all classroom teachers, school leaders, teacher educators, students, educational psychologists, special needs coordinators, consultants, and educational researchers.

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Highly praised by experts in the field, this book has been described as a robust and readable resource that synthesises extensive literature on special needs education. Professor John Hattie called it 'a stunner of a book' and an essential 'right-hand resource'. Annalisa Morganti highlighted its unique value in teacher training and support for students with disabilities or SEN, emphasising its effectiveness in speaking to educators. The third edition continues this tradition with well-structured and accessible content.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138393158

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: 3 Tables, black and white; 25 Line drawings, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 713g

Pages: 460

About the Author

David Mitchell is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has over 200 publications, mainly in the fields of special and inclusive education.

Dean Sutherland is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Science at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. His teaching and research focus on human communication, disability, ethics and evidence-based practices.

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