1. Promoting Equitable Access to Education for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment : A Route-Map for a Balanced Curriculum
- Author
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Mike Mclinden, Graeme Douglas, Rachel Hewett, Rory Cobb, Sue Keil, Paul Lynch, Joao Roe, Jane Stewart Thistlethwaite, Mike Mclinden, Graeme Douglas, Rachel Hewett, Rory Cobb, Sue Keil, Paul Lynch, Joao Roe, and Jane Stewart Thistlethwaite
- Subjects
- Children with visual disabilities--Education, Educational equalization
- Abstract
Promoting Equitable Access to Education for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment offers a suitable vocabulary and developmental route map to examine the changing influences on promoting equitable access to education for learners with vision impairment in different contexts and settings, throughout a given educational pathway. Bringing together a wide range of perspectives, this book argues that inclusive educational systems and teaching approaches should focus upon promoting and sustaining a balanced curriculum. It provides an analysis of how a suitable curriculum balance can be promoted and sustained through the stages of a given educational pathway to ensure equitable access and progression for all learners with vision impairment. The authors draw on the United Kingdom as a country study to illustrate the complex ecosystem within which learners with vision impairment are educated. Structured around a framework which provides a conceptually coherent and practical balance between universal and specialist approaches, this book is a relevant read for educators, academics, and researchers involved in vision impairment education as well as officials in government and non-government organisations engaged in developing education policy relating to inclusive education and disability.
- Published
- 2022