Creating Inclusive Classrooms Effective and Reflective Practices

More reflective, more practical...This inclusion text goes beyond discussing how to teach students with varying learning abilities to address issues of gender, race, ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and family structures. Features of the fourth edition include: Content is based around four principlesdiversity, individual needs, reflective practice, and collaborationto demonstrate that inclusion is not just a government mandate, but a principled philosophy of reflective, effective teaching. Emphasizes reflective practice through two new features: Reflective on Professional Practices and Reflecting on Your Practices. Unique concluding chapter discusses and demonstrates how to assess the success of your inclusion program. Each chapter includes textual content related to multiculturalism, and ends with What Would You Do in Today's Diverse Classroom? reflective exercises. Includes a CD-ROM, "Developing Quality IEPs: A Case-Based Tutorial", which guides students through the development of IEPs and the criteria necessary to assess their quality. a text-specific Companion Website and video package have been integrated into the book.Salend, Spencer J. is the author of 'Creating Inclusive Classrooms Effective and Reflective Practices' with ISBN 9780130190734 and ISBN 013019073X.