Inclusion/"Full" Inclusion Defined
Inclusive schooling is a system that serves all students adequately in regular classrooms, with the required support services. Full inclusion refers to the practice of having regular teachers teach both regular education students and special education students together, without the assistance of special education teacher (Peltier, 1997). However, some see the difference between inclusion and full inclusion as simply a difference in number: full inclusion means some children; full inclusion means all children (Smelter and Rasch, 1994). The idea of inclusion is that all children, including those with disabilities, should and can learn in a regular classroom. In education inclusion can elicit attitudes of frustration, confusion, apathy, and anger. Teachers and parents have very strong opinions about the appropriateness of inclusion in today's classroom. In addition, not all teachers agree on its benefits, problems, and effects; not do the......
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