Tony Booth

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To what extent can heads use an inclusive values-led approach to school development in the face of pressures from Ofsted and their Local Authority to focus almost exclusively on attainment outcomes? We explore leadership of school improvement in a qualitative study of 10 head teachers in the English county of ‘Preshire’, who worked with the third e...

To what extent can heads use an inclusive values-led approach to school development in the face of pressures from Ofsted and their Local Authority to focus almost exclusively on attainment outcomes? We explore leadership of school improvement in a qualitative study of ten head teachers in the English county of “Preshire”, who worked with the 3rd ed...

To what extent can heads use an inclusive values-led approach to school development in the face of pressures from Ofsted and their Local Authority to focus almost exclusively on attainment outcomes? We explore leadership of school improvement in a qualitative study of ten head teachers in the English county of “Preshire”, who worked with the 3rd ed...

Este artículo presenta la traducción al castellano de la tercera edición del Index for Inclusion, editado por Booth y Ainscow en 2011. Se trata de una nueva versión revisada y ampliada, especialmente en dos direcciones: los elementos que fundamentan la educación inclusiva y la propuesta de un curriculum preocupado por la sostenibilidad. Se trata de...

This article considers the inclusive development of teacher education, drawing on changes made for the new edition of the Index for Inclusion. It defines inclusion as putting inclusive values into action and sets out a values framework for education. It critiques approaches to inclusion that are confined to the mainstream participation of children...

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While many books explore the possibilities for developing inclusive practices in schools, and 'inclusion' is widely regarded as a desirable goal, much of the literature on the subject has been narrowly concerned with the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs. This book however, takes the view that marginalisation, exclusion and underac...

This paper reports on some aspects of a collaborative action research project involving teams from 25 schools in England working with researchers from three universities in an attempt to understand how schools can develop more inclusive cultures, policies and practices. Unusually in this field, the schools were not selected because of any exception...

This 2006 revised and updated edition of the Index for early years and childcare now includes a CD Rom to make it more accessible. The Index is a detailed set of materials to help settings increase the participation of children and young people in play and learning. The Index involves a self-review of all aspects of a setting, drawing on additional...

The process of a school becoming more inclusive involves teacher learning. The Economic and Social Research Council Teaching and Learning Research Programme (ESRC TLRP) research and development Network ‘Understanding and Developing Inclusive Practices in Schools’ presented an opportunity both to understand the nature of this learning and to explore...

This paper provides an account of the methodological lessons and emerging findings of a collaborative action research network in England. The Network involves teams of researchers from three universities in working alongside school and local education authority practitioners as they explore ways of developing more inclusive practices. The analysis...

In this article the processes of inclusion and exclusion are explored in one secondary school. The interplay between processes within the school and the competitive changes within the English education system that have increased exclusionary pressures on some students are examined. The school includes students with visual disabilities and others ca...

I argue that it is not possible to provide a single English perspective on ‘inclusion’ or ‘integration’. Instead, I set out my perspective and compare it with the way ‘inclusion’ and ‘inclusive education’ have been defined by others. My view starts from an assumption of diversity within common groups and is linked to the development of comprehensiv...

‘And on and on …’ Tony Booth, senior lecturer in education, The Open University, questions the uncritical acceptance of the continua of ‘needs’ and ‘provision’ in the draft Code of Practice and their possible implications for the integration of pupils into mainstream schools.

The article is written in response to Mårten Söder's (Volume 4, Number 2, June 1989) paper ‘Disability as a social construct: the labelling approach revisited’. It examines and questions his assumptions and arguments and the evidence he provides for them. It attempts to uncover the nature of ‘non‐labelling policies’, and takes issue with his attrib...

category system in use since 1959 was replaced, any impediment to the participation of pupils in the ordinary school curriculum is to be defined as a learning difficulty. Teachers can be heard referring to the children they teach as 'the group we used to call...'. They used to call children with moderate learning difficulties 'ESN(M)' [Educationall...

The article describes the attempts and achievements of a group of parents of children with Down's Syndrome to provide an education for their children in an ordinary school. Their efforts at interesting the local education authority in establishing a unit were thwarted and they turned to the private sector. The description of the education of the ch...