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Book SynopsisIn Belonging: Rethinking Inclusive Practices to Support Well-Being and Identity, issues related to inclusive education and belonging across a range of education contexts from early childhood to tertiary education are examined and matters related to participation, policy and theory, and identity and well-being are explored. Individual chapters, which are drawn from papers presented at The Inclusive Education Summit held at the University of Canterbury, 2016, canvass a variety of topics including pedagogy, sexuality, theory, policy and practice. These topics are explored from the authors’ varying perspectives as practitioners, academics and lay-persons and also from varying international perspectives including New Zealand, South Africa and Australia. Contributors are: Keith Ballard, Henrietta Bollinger, Hera Cook, Michael Gafffney, Annie Guerin, Fiona Henderson, Leechin Heng, Kate McAnelly, Trish McMenamin, Be Pannell, Christine Rietveld, Marie Turner, Ben Whitburn, Julie White, and Melanie Wong.
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors 1 Introduction: Setting the Scene Trish McMenamin and Annie Guerin> 2 What Happens Next? Inclusion in an Excluding World Keith Ballard> PART 1: Participation – Belonging in Action 3 Inclusion and Autism: Belonging Marie Turner, Gwen Gilmore and Scott Welsh> 4 Theory Circles, Inclusion and the PhD student Be Pannell, Julie White and Fiona Henderson> 5 Achieving Citizenship for All: Theorising Active Participation for Disabled Children and Their Families in Early Childhood Education Kate McAnnelly and Michael Gaffney> PART 2: Policy and Theory to Support Belonging 6 The Construction of Giftedness in Education Policy in New Zealand and Australia: Implications for Inclusive Education Policy and Practice Melanie Wong and Ben Whitburn> 7 Employing Intersectionality and the Concept of Difference to Investigate Belonging and Inclusion Leechin Heng and Julie White> PART 3: Identity and Well-being – Keys to Belonging 8 The Impact of Inclusive Education and Access to Sexuality Education on the Development of Identity in Young People Living with Disability Henrietta Bollinger and Hera Cook> 9 Quality of “Belonging” and its Relationship to Learning: Case Studies of Three New Entrant Children and a 12-Year Old with Down Syndrome Christine Rietveld>
