This book fills a gap in the dissemination of practitioner research on
special and inclusive education in Ireland. The successful
implementation of an inclusive education policy is a process which
depends largely on the attitudes, knowledge and competencies of
teachers. In this volume, teacher-researchers report on work undertaken
within the Special Education Department of St Patrick's College,
Drumcondra, Dublin. The studies are grouped around three key issues:
responding to diversity, access to the curriculum and collaboration for
inclusion. They offer valuable insights into the challenges and barriers
to inclusive education and point to ways that schools can address these
challenges from the perspective of small-scale research. The authors
draw on a range of research methodologies, from single case experimental
design to case studies, in order to illuminate the issues at the level
of the individual student, teacher, class and school. The book is
relevant to all who have an interest in practitioner research, the
implementation of inclusive education and how policy translates in
individual contexts.