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Innovatory mainstream practice: What's happening in schools' provision for special needs?
Author(s) -
DYSON ALAN
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9604.1992.tb00457.x
Subject(s) - happening , newcastle upon tyne , mainstream , sociology , reading (process) , speculation , special educational needs , project commissioning , media studies , pedagogy , public relations , publishing , political science , special education , law , history , performance art , ancient history , macroeconomics , economics , art history
Alan Dyson's analysis of changing roles in special needs, both in this journal and elsewhere, has aroused considerable interest and discussion. Now he moves from speculation to what is actually happening in schools. A trawl of schools and local educational authorities has yielded a mass of data and information on the features of innovatory practice and the characteristics of innovating schools. At this stage the analysis is tentative but nevertheless makes fascinating reading. Readers may, for example, find themselves identifying with an ‘inquiring’ or ‘innovating’ school. The Innovatory Mainstream Practice project at Newcastle is sure to have a profound effect on future provision. Schools still wishing to be part of this investigation should contact Alan Dyson at the School of Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, St Thomas' Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU.