Key Issues for Teaching Assistants - 1st - Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, 2008 - 168

This highly accessible resource explores the values and the possible contradictions in policies and beliefs, enabling teaching assistants to develop a deeper understanding of the fundamental principles of inclusive education. Acknowledgements, Introduction, Inclusive Education, Listening to Learners: Whose Voice Counts?, Supporting Traveler Children, Not in my Image: Ethic Diversity in the Classroom, The Influence of Gender on Achievement, The Inclusion Assistant: Young People with High - Level Support Needs in Mainstream Schools and Colleges and Universities: Developing Good Practice, I'm a TA not a PA!: Teaching Assistants Working with Teachers, Inclusive Relationships: Insights from Teaching Assistants on How Schools Can Reach Parents, A New Role for Special Schools?, Inclusion and Extension and Enrichment: Personalized Gifted and Talented Provision, How Schools Create Challenging Behaviors, Bullying in Schools - or Bullying Schools?, Disabled Children and Inclusion and the Law in England and Wales, Social Justice and Human Rights and Inclusive Education, Index.

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