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Lalvani, Priya; Bacon, Jessica K. – Young Exceptional Children, 2019
The Salamanca Statement on Special Needs Education (UNESCO, 1994), an international declaration adopted by 92 governments, outlines a commitment to inclusive education as an educational imperative and as the most effective way to combat discrimination and build acceptance in communities. Booth, Ainscow, and Kingston (2004) developed the Index for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Young Children, Classroom Environment, Preschool Teachers
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Lalvani, Priya; Broderick, Alicia A.; Fine, Michelle; Jacobowitz, Tina; Michelli, Nicholas – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2015
In this analytic essay, we initiate a dialogue about the place of disability in a multicultural education framework, and the role of inclusive education in a democracy. Problematizing the common omission of the topic of disability oppression from anti-oppression pedagogies and from social justice education generally, we invite teacher educators…
Descriptors: Ideology, Disabilities, Multicultural Education, Inclusion
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Lalvani, Priya – Disability & Society, 2013
This qualitative study explored the beliefs of teachers in the USA about the education of students with disabilities, focusing on their conceptualizations of inclusive education. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews with 30 teachers. The findings highlight multiple interpretations of inclusive education and suggest that teachers' support…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Social Justice, Social Distance