Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reimaging special education / Lani Florian -- Confronting difference : an excursion through the history of special education / Margret A. Winzer -- A sociology of special education / Sheila Riddell -- Forms of provision and models of service delivery / Jennifer Evans -- Categories of special educational needs / Brahm Norwich -- The disproportionate placement of special education in the evolving context of education reform / Martyn Rouse, Margaret J. McLaughlin -- Disability rights in education / Marcia Rioux -- Inclusion as a strategy for achieving education for all / Susan Peters -- Learning from difference : sharing international experiences of developments in inclusive education / Susie Miles, Anupam Ahuja -- From special education to effective schools for all : a review of progress so far / Mel Ainscow -- Inclusive schooling as a means and end of education? / Roger Slee -- Perspectives shaping and challenging research approaches in special education / James L. Paul, Kathleen Fowler, Ann Cranston-Gingras -- Advances in research on teaching students who experience difficulties in learning : grappling with the issue of access to the general curriculum / Russell Gersten, Lana Edwards Santoro -- Quantitative research synthesis : meta-analysis of research on meeting special educational needs / Kenneth A. Kavale -- Research and pupil voice / Ann Lewis, Jill Porter -- 'Emancipatory' disability research and special education needs / Colin Barnes, Alison Sheldon -- An epistemology of special education / Gary Thomas -- Behavioral theory and practice : current and future issues / John W. Maag -- Constructivist views of learning : implications for inclusive education / Judy W. Kugelmass -- Sociocultural views of learning / J.S. de Valenzuela -- Curriculum considerations in meeting special educational needs / Richard Rose -- Curriculum-based measurement in reading and math : providing rigorous outcomes to support learning / Julie Alonzo, Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Gerald Tindal -- Self-assessment as a lens for learning / Roseanna Bourke, Mandia Mentis -- Policy, legal, and implementation issues surrounding assessment accommodations for students with disabilities / Martha L. Thurlow, Sandra J. Thompson, Christopher J. Johnstone -- Teaching and learning in the early years / Susan A. Fowler, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, Tweety J. Yates -- Teaching elementary students who experience difficulties in learning / Sharon Vaughn, Jeanne Wanzek, Carolyn A. Denton -- Teaching and learning in secondary education / John McDonnell, Michael L. Hardman, Jayne McGuire -- Postsecondary education / Stan F. Shaw -- Lifelong learning and quality of life / Lesley Dee -- Collaborative teaching : critique of the scientific evidence / Jacqueline S. Thousand, Ann I. Nevin, Richard A. Villa -- Teacher assistants in inclusive schools / Michael F. Giangreco, Mary Beth Doyle -- New machines and new agendas : the changing nature of special education technology research / John Woodward, Ralph Ferretti -- Peer-mediated programs to strengthen classroom instruction : cooperative learning, reciprocal teaching, classwide peer tutoring and peer-assisted learning strategies / Eric Dion, Douglas Fuchs, Lynn S. Fuchs -- The friendships and peer relationships of children and young people who experience difficulties in learning / Dawn B. Male -- Leadership for social justice and inclusion / Katharine Shepherd, Susan Brody Hasazi -- What do teachers need to know about meeting special education needs? / Ruth Kershner -- Learning without limits : constructing a pedagogy free from determinist beliefs about ability / Susan Hart, Mary Jane Drummond, Donald McIntyre -- Challenging orthodoxy in special education : on longstanding debates and philosophical divides / Deborah J. Gallagher -- Special education and its contribution to the broader discourse of education / Seamus Hegarty.