http://parentsoup.com/edcentral/vocabulary/bsa070.html
This site defines important terminology such as: mainstreaming, inclusion
and full inclusion. It has an excellent search engine for inclusion.
http://www.weac.org/resource/june96/speced.htm
This site looks at the underlying issue of whether it is ethical to
separate students from a regular education class and deprive them of their
right to have equal treatment. It looks at laws and legal
cases that have relevance and provides scientific research data on the
effects of inclusion.
www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/
This site deals with the legal requirements of inclusion, teaching
strategies and best of all the philosophy behind inclusion. This
philosophy is that children need to be exposed to an inlcusive environment
because in the real world people with varying abilities and capacities
must interact. Inclusion prepares children for this.
http://interact.uoregon.edu/wrrc/AKInclusion.html
Outlines the debate about inclusion and then provides research to back
up the benefits of inclusion. It finds that "instruction not setting
is the key to achievement of success..." Tries to convince you that inclusion
is the best answer to teaching children with disabilities.
www.inclusion.com/page_7.html
This is a very good look at both sides of the debate. The ethical
implications of Inclusion vs. Exclusion are explored. How will each
affect a person with a disability as well as others that interact with
the person.
http://inclusion.org/htdocs/what_is/what_is.html
This page provides facts about people with disabilities, such as that
they are the nations largest minority. People with disabilities have
the same rights to pursue their dreams. This site reaches outside
the realm of the school setting and looks at inclusion in the community.
www.aahperd.org/AAALF/pos_paper_pe.html
I liked this site because it dealt with inclusion in a physical education
setting, which is more applicable to this class because we are dealing
with human movement. This site believes that inclusion is wrong when
it is done simply for social interaction. Teachers may believe that
if the child is feeling like part of the group, their job has been done.
Inclusion in P.E. needs to be for improving life and physical functioning.
http://www.palaestra.com/Inclusion.html
Provides an overview of the issue as related to physical education.
Looks at the problems with inclusion such as lack of support, funding and
low quality P.E. programs. Asks the reader to examine whether inclusion
really is the right idea.