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REFLECTIONS ON TIES: Eating an Elephant

  • Peter Walker

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Abstract

“How do you eat an elephant…?” my daughter asked me. “One bite at a time”.

Tackling exclusion in education can sometimes feel like eating an elephant. It can
feel gigantic…imposing…never-ending. The Inclusive Education Summit helps to
remind us, however, that we’re not eating alone.
As formidable as exclusion and segregation appears, advances are being made
on different fronts. In the foreword to Michael Farrell’s “Celebrating the Special
School”,
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWho’s In? Who’s Out?
Subtitle of host publicationWhat to Do about Inclusive Education
EditorsMarnie Best, Tim Corcoran, Roger Slee
Place of PublicationLeiden, The Netherlands
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers
Chapter5
Pages13-14
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)978-90-04-39100-0
ISBN (Print)978-90-04-38985-4, 978-90-04-39099-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Publication series

NameStudies in Inclusive Education
Volume39
ISSN (Print)2542-9825

Keywords

  • inclusive education
  • Segregation
  • exclusion in education
  • The Inclusive Education Summit

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