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Mainstream Students Talk about Integration
Author(s) -
Whitaker Phillip
Publication year - 1994
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/j.1467-8578.1994.tb00073.x
Subject(s) - mainstream , special educational needs , pedagogy , psychology , mainstreaming , medical education , special education , service (business) , mathematics education , sociology , medicine , political science , economy , law , economics
Seven months after the transfer of the senior department of a school for pupils with severe learning difficulties into a local upper school, an evaluation was carried out by staff of the special school and their liaison educational psychologist, Phillip Whitaker. It attempted to investigate the perspectives of all who took part, focusing particularly on any actual or potential problems so as to shape the future development of the project. This report focuses on the attitudes and experiences of the mainstream students and on the lessons which were drawn from their experience. The author, Phillip Whitaker, is a member of the Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service.