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Leadership and inclusion: a special school perspective
Author(s) -
Attfield Robin,
Williams Chris
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
british journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8578
pISSN - 0952-3383
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8527.00278
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , context (archaeology) , educational leadership , perspective (graphical) , pedagogy , special education , sociology , public relations , leadership development , special educational needs , political science , social science , paleontology , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
In July 2002, the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) held a ‘Leading Edge’ seminar focused on the contribution that leaders in special schools can make to the development of Inclusive policies and practices. The day gave colleagues working in specialist contexts an opportunity to share examples and experiences of current initiatives and to speculate about future trends and developments in inclusive education. In this article, Robin Attfield and Chris Williams, Assistant Directors in Programmes and Research respectively at the NCSL, explore the context in which the seminar took place and some of the themes and issues that emerged from discussion on the day. At the end of their paper, they summarise the key messages that the special school leaders who attended the seminar wished to communicate to a wider audience and articulate a further role for leaders in special schools in the development of inclusion.