I am intersested in the work of Loxley and Bines, Rhodes, Lewis, Alan
Dyson, Charles Gains and Philip Garner. The publication 'SENCOs don't
teach' is also of interest.
Thanks
Louise

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 11 Mar 2003 23:57 PST

Hello ciech-ga,

On Sunday, March 9, you asked, Will someone PLEASE look for me I am
meant to finish my assignment today!" Are you still interested in
getting an answer? If not, you may want to close/expire your question.
Thanks.

czh

Not to worry, Pinkfreud... you are a wonderful and dedicated
researcher, despite the infrequent errant mouse click.

The topic here seems to be that of Special Education/Special Needs
classroom philosophy.  But it would be most helpful if Louise
(ciech-ga) described what would make the perfect answer for her
question.

For the sake of future clarity (once Pinkfreud's answer is removed),
here is the clarification posted by Louise:

"Specifically I am looking at the issue of incluison within secondary
schools. All the names I have mentioned have written on the subject
following the governemnt's code of practice for SEN in, I think, 1997.
I am meant to compare their views with what currently happens in the
establishment I teach in. I'm basically trying to compare my school
policies with current thinking on the issue of SEN in general and
inclusion in particular.

"Hope this makes it clearer. 

"Louise"



regards, mathtalk-ga

Just in case the customer's clarification response is removed along
with my nonanswer, I am reposting it here:

Clarification by ciech-ga on 08 Mar 2003 11:25 PST 
Specifically I am looking at the issue of incluison within secondary
schools. All the names I have mentioned have written on the subject
following the governemnt's code of practice for SEN in, I think, 1997.
I am meant to compare their views with what currently happens in the
establishment I teach in. I'm basically trying to compare my school
policies with current thinking on the issue of SEN in general and
inclusion in particular.
Hope this makes it clearer. 
Louise

For some reason which is completely beyond me (and not very well
explained Google)I have not received an answer to this. Will someone
PLEASE look for me I am meant to finish my assignment today!
Louise

Hi, Louise (ciech-ga):

When questions have a "deadline" (as in the case of your assignment),
it is a good practice to provide this information so that researchers
can be aware of the urgency.

In your clarification you indicated that you are trying to compare the
views of the named authors and others on inclusion and "SEN" practices
generally with those where you currently teach.  In hindsight I think
you will see that our research can only address half of this "fact
base" and perhaps not in a very satisfactorily targeted manner.

For example, I might provide some material on the tension between
inclusion of special needs students in the mainstream classroom
population and the mandatory testing policies in many states (and
espoused by the federal "No Child Left Behind" bill shepherded through
by the current administration).  Whether or not such materials would
be relevant to your establishment, however, is unknown to me.  In the
face of such uncertainty I'm personally hesistant to expend a great
deal of effort, and would not "post" such a tentative answer.

You might well have been better served by a more aggressive approach
on my part.  If you are still interested in assistance with this
assignment, please let me know your time limits and the required
quality of an answer.

regards, mathtalk-ga