This book takes the reader through the process of identifying and analyzing curriculum issues within the field of inclusive education, focussing on what actually happens in real classrooms

Introduction 1. Models and practice in inclusive curricula Section 1 - The problem and potential of pedagogy 2. Common or specialised pedagogy? 3. The need for a new model 4. Students' experiences of ability grouping - disaffection, polarisation and the construction of failure 5. The education of black children: why some schools do better than others? Section 2 - Curriculum and pedagogy - where special needs are constructed 6. Exclusive tendances: concepts, consciousness and curriculum in the project of curriculum 7. Pedagogy, observation and the construction of learning disabilities 8. Research case studies in teaching, learning and inclusion Section 3 - Striving for inclusive pedagogy and curricula 9. Learning 'How' and learning 'Why' - watching teaching in Asia move towards more inclusive styles of work 10. Creating and using inclusive materials: collaboration and reflection 11. Towards an inclusive school culture - the 'affective curriculum' Section 4 - Curriculum subjects, classroom organisation and inclusion 12. Inclusive practice in English secondary schools: lessons learners 13. The evolution of secondary inclusion 14. An inclusive pedagogy in mathematics education 15. Inclusion in music in the primary classroom Section 5 - Lessons from learners about inclusive curriculum and pedagogy 16. Inclusive learning experiences: learning from children and young people 17. One teacher and a class of school students: the culture of the mathematics classroom and its construction 18. Living and learning: the school experience of some young people with disabilities 19. Lessons from learners about inclusive curriculum and pedagogy.