Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective and Reflective Practices for All Students

by Spencer J. Salend

For courses in Inclusion and/or Mainstreaming. Rich in K-12 classroom-based narrative and with accompanying video cases highlighting best inclusive practices, this text shows prospective teachers how to become effective and reflective practitioners who can create engaging classrooms for all students. Coverage incorporates all of the core information expected of an inclusion text, then goes beyond the basics to address issues around such "higher-level" topics as gender, race, ethnicity, language, socioeconomics, and family structures. The author advocates a framework of four basic tenets-equal access for all learners, individual strengths and needs, reflective practice and differentiated instruction, and, community and collaboration-which are integrated into every chapter. This framework clearly demonstrates that inclusion is more than a government mandate; it's a principled philosophy for teaching all children.

Genres: Education, Teaching, School, Nonfiction

622 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 2000

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reviewing the 8th edition. Very thorough overview of important topics in special education but the writing is subpar. No noun can go without at least 4 modifiers (take a shot every time you read “culturally responsive, universally designed, evidence-based and differentiated curricular and instructional practices”; yes, almost all of those are included every time the word “practices” appears). Sentences are often long lists with several items at both the beginning and end. Makes it kind of a slog to get through but not terrible as an intro to special ed.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for my STU DIVRS LRN NEED-Special Education course. Covers not only students with disabilities, but many other types of diversity. Included are some ideas on how to include cultural and social aspects into curriculum. Will keep this book on hand for the future.

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for my STU DIVRS LRN NEED-GEN ED CLAS course

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very encouraging and comprehensive, covering philosophy and practice. I can't wait to follow up in the research literature. However, I do wish the exhortation to make this work for all students were illustrated with many, many real world examples of how this plays out - it all sounds good, but help me more with how to do it!

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most comprehensive book I've seen dealing with not only issues relating to Special Ed, but all teachers. I'm about to read it again for another class and I don't mind a bit.