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1. Quality Teaching for Diverse Students in Schooling: Best Evidence Synthesis

   Alton-Lee. A. (2003). Quality Teaching for Diverse Students in Schooling: Best Evidence Synthesis. Wellington: Ministry of Education.See also the series of BES Exemplars: Quality Teaching/Ngā Kete Raukura – Ngā Tauira: He Ako Reikura, by Alton-Lee and others. Quality Teaching for...

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   Quality Teaching for Diverse Students in Schooling: Best Evidence Synthesis

   Alton-Lee. A. (2003). Quality Teaching for Diverse Students in Schooling: Best Evidence Synthesis. Wellington: Ministry of Education.

   See also the series of BES Exemplars: Quality Teaching/Ngā Kete Raukura – Ngā Tauira: He Ako Reikura, by Alton-Lee and others.

   Quality Teaching for Diverse Students in Schooling: Best Evidence Synthesis is framed around the concept of 'diversity'. It rejects the idea that we can segregate students into groups who are 'normal' or 'other'. Working from that inclusive frame, it identifies ten characteristics of teaching that are strongly associated with improved outcomes for diverse learners.

   Resources for:

   Further learning , Taking action , Others' stories

   Relevant to:

   Inquiry and knowledge-building, Understanding inclusion, Effective schools, Audit, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices

   Contributed by:

   Alton-Lee, A. 2003 Wellington: Ministry of Education.

2. BES Exemplars: Quality Teaching/Ngā Kete Raukura – Ngā Tauira: He Ako Reikura

   A series of BES Quality Teaching exemplars has now been published by the Ministry of Education. The exemplars demonstrate: the nature of highly effective teaching the professional learning, leadership, and educationally powerful connections with families, whānau, and communities that support...

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   BES Exemplars: Quality Teaching/Ngā Kete Raukura – Ngā Tauira: He Ako Reikura

   A series of BES Quality Teaching exemplars has now been published by the Ministry of Education. The exemplars demonstrate:

   • the nature of highly effective teaching
   • the professional learning, leadership, and educationally powerful connections with families, whānau, and communities that support such teaching.

   They show real people in real schools translating research into practice and generating new evidence for you to consider. This widened focus has led to the identification of eleven dimensions of quality teaching. The exemplars incorporate tools that teachers and school leaders can use to engage with the content and consider its application to their practice. These include an adapation of the inquiry and knowledge-building tool.

   Resources for:

   Further learning , Taking action , Others' stories

   Relevant to:

   Inquiry and knowledge-building, Understanding inclusion, Effective schools, Audit, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices

   Contributed by:

   Alton-Lee, A., and others 2012 Wellington: Ministry of Education.

3. Effective Pedagogy in Social Sciences/Tikanga ā Iwi: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration [BES]

    Aitken, G., and Sinnema, C. (2008). Effective Pedagogy in Social Sciences/Tikanga ā Iwi: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration [BES]. Wellington: Ministry of Education. Like the other best evidence syntheses, Effective Pedagogy in Social Sciences/Tikanga ā Iwi BES makes visible effective teaching approaches...

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   Effective Pedagogy in Social Sciences/Tikanga ā Iwi: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration [BES]

    Aitken, G., and Sinnema, C. (2008). Effective Pedagogy in Social Sciences/Tikanga ā Iwi: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration [BES]. Wellington: Ministry of Education.

    Like the other best evidence syntheses, Effective Pedagogy in Social Sciences/Tikanga ā Iwi BES makes visible effective teaching approaches for diverse learners. This BES describes four interlinking mechanisms to facilitate learning in the social sciences/Tikanga ā iwi/social studies.

    One of the mechanisms is 'community', which is important because 'there is outcomes-linked evidence that … inclusive relationships increase the involvement of diverse students' (page 55).

    This is discussed on pages 143–149. Specific topics addressed on these pages include:

   • facilitative inclusion versus exclusion or illusory inclusion
   • training paraprofessionals (teacher aides) to support peer interaction
   • the use of the Circle of Friends approach to increase the inclusion of focus children while changing the attitudes of their peers
   • field trips
   • the value of publically assigned competence.

    The other mechanisms – connection, alignment, and interest – also consider the evidence in relation to students with special needs.

    Case study 1, 'Facilitative inclusion for Ian and his peers', is based on the work of New Zealand researcher Christine Rietveld. It describes how Ian, who has Down syndrome, experienced illusory inclusion at his kindergarten but facilitative inclusion when he made the transition to primary school. Ian, his classmates, and his teachers all benefited as they learned to engage with each other as equal and valued members of the classroom community. This case study provides a way of understanding the difference between a medical and a social model of disability.

   Resources for:

   Further learning , Taking action , Others' stories

   Relevant to:

   Understanding inclusion, Building inclusive school cultures

   Contributed by:

   Aitken, G., and Sinnema, C. 2008 Wellington: Ministry of Education.

4. BES (Best Evidence Synthesis) Iterative Programme – Hei Kete Raukura

   The Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis (BES) programme brings together research-based evidence from New Zealand and elsewhere to explain what works in education and why for diverse (all) learners in schooling, focusing particularly on what makes a bigger difference for Māori...

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   BES (Best Evidence Synthesis) Iterative Programme – Hei Kete Raukura

   The Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis (BES) programme brings together research-based evidence from New Zealand and elsewhere to explain what works in education and why for diverse (all) learners in schooling, focusing particularly on what makes a bigger difference for Māori and Pasifika learners. Five BES reports have been published to date. These are:

   • School Leadership and Student Outcomes/He Kura Rangatira BES by V. Robinson, M. Hohepa, and C. Lloyd
   • Effective Pedagogy in the Social Sciences/Tikanga ā iwi BES by G. Aitken and C. Sinnema
   • Teacher Professional Learning and Development BES by H. Timperley et al.
   • Effective Pedagogy in Mathematics/Pāngarau BES by G. Anthony and M. Walshaw
   • Quality Teaching for Diverse Students in Schooling by A. Alton-Lee.

   Recent BESs feature vignettes and cases that bring their findings to life. Three have been summarised by the The International Academy of Education (IAE). These are:

   • Teacher Professional Learning and Development/Te Kaupapa Whakaako, Whakapakari Kaiako
   • Effective Pedagogy in Mathematics/Te Ako Pāngarau Whaihua
   • Effective Pedagogy in Social Sciences/Tikanga ā Iwi.

   The BES Exemplars are a recent development. Each exemplar describes how educators have successfully implemented a particular teaching approach and explains the conditions that enabled success. They are designed to help you implement a collaborative approach to ongoing school improvement that is responsive to diverse (all) learners.

   Resources for:

   Further learning , Taking action , Others' stories

   Relevant to:

   Inquiry and knowledge-building, Leading change, Understanding inclusion, Effective schools, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices

   Contributed by:

   Ministry of Education.

5. The Cultural Self-Review: Providing Culturally Effective, Inclusive Education for Māori Learners

   Bevan-Brown, J. (2003). The Cultural Self-Review: Providing Culturally Effective, Inclusive Education for Māori Learners. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. (Available for purchase from the publisher.) The Cultural Self-Review provides a structure and process that teachers from early childhood...

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   The Cultural Self-Review: Providing Culturally Effective, Inclusive Education for Māori Learners

   Bevan-Brown, J. (2003). The Cultural Self-Review: Providing Culturally Effective, Inclusive Education for Māori Learners. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. (Available for purchase from the publisher.)

   The Cultural Self-Review provides a structure and process that teachers from early childhood centres through to secondary schools can use to explore how well they cater for Māori learners, including those with special needs.

   Central to the book is a cultural input framework that provides a set of principles for analysing programme components, (environment, personnel, policy, processes, content, resources, assessment, and administration). While emphasising practical ideas, the author cautions users not to take a recipe-book approach. She suggests that schools use the ideas as a springboard for discussion and for developing school action plans with strategies that meet their particular needs. In line with the framework’s eight guiding principles, she stresses the importance of including parents, whānau, and community members, including kaumātua, in a school’s cultural self-review.

   The book also includes a 'stairway to cross-cultural competence' that teachers can use to better understand cultural differences and their impact on learners.

   Resources for:

   Further learning , Taking action

   Relevant to:

   Inquiry and knowledge-building, Leading change, Understanding inclusion, Audit, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices

   Contributed by:

   Bevan-Brown, J. 2003 Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

6. Index for Inclusion: Developing Learning and Participation in Schools

   Booth, T., and Ainscow, M. (2011). Index for Inclusion: Developing Learning and Participation in Schools. Bristol, England: Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education.This third edition of the Index is available on loan from the IHC library. The second edition, published...

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   Index for Inclusion: Developing Learning and Participation in Schools

   Booth, T., and Ainscow, M. (2011). Index for Inclusion: Developing Learning and Participation in Schools. Bristol, England: Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education.

   This third edition of the Index is available on loan from the IHC library. The second edition, published in 2002, is also available.

   The Index for Inclusion has supported principled school development around the world since its first publication in 2000. Its approach to whole-school improvement is based on the principles of inclusion and is structured around three dimensions: culture, polices, and practices.

   The success of the Index can be judged by the fact that it has been translated into 37 languages.

   You can find more information, including a detailed description, on the CSIE website.

   Resources for:

   Further learning , Taking action , Others' stories

   Relevant to:

   Inquiry and knowledge-building, Leading change, Understanding inclusion, Audit, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices

   Contributed by:

   Booth, T., and Ainscow, M. 2011 .

7. IEP Online

   IEP Online is for all those involved in developing or implementing individual education plans (IEPs) to support students with special education needs. It is built around a core resource: Collaboration for Success: Individual Education Plans. The site also offers a...

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   IEP Online

   IEP Online is for all those involved in developing or implementing individual education plans (IEPs) to support students with special education needs. It is built around a core resource: Collaboration for Success: Individual Education Plans. The site also offers a rollout kit and other resources to support schools to improve their practices around the IEP process. More will be added over time.

    While Collaboration for Success is focused on the small number of individual students for whom an IEP is necessary, its messages are closely aligned to those of this website. Themes include the importance of collaboration, cultural responsiveness, and an inquiry approach. The resource would be a useful tool for inquiring into and improving your IEP process, especially as a catalyst for culture change.

    The development of Collaboration for Success was informed by Mitchell, Morton, and Hornby’s (2010)  literature review, included here for those who are interested in further reading.

    Ministry of Education (2011). Collaboration for Success: Individual Education Plans. Wellington: Learning Media.

   Mitchell, D., Morton, M., and Hornby, G. (2010). Review of the Literature on Individual Education Plans: Report to the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Christchurch: College of Education, University of Canterbury.

   Resources for:

   Taking action

   Relevant to:

   Understanding inclusion, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices, Managing transitions

   Contributed by:

   Ministry of Education .

8. IHC New Zealand

   IHC New Zealand provides support for people with disabilities so that they can be included in the community. Two services are particularly helpful in supporting the inclusion of students with ASD in their local school.The IHC library provides free access...

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   IHC New Zealand

   IHC New Zealand provides support for people with disabilities so that they can be included in the community. Two services are particularly helpful in supporting the inclusion of students with ASD in their local school.

   The IHC library provides free access to a vast array of resources on all aspects of ASD and inclusion, including many of the resources mentioned on this website. There are resources for students as well as for those in their care community. A particularly valuable resource is the Learning Better Together DVD and accompanying booklet that bring together research on inclusion and place it in the context of New Zealand schools. The site also has an Advocacy Toolkit with information sheets and pocket-sized guides for parents and families.

   Many of the resources address aspects of schooling and may be equally useful for educators, as they provide simple explanations of what parents should expect and effective processes for meeting those expectations. Secondary teachers may find the guides on leaving school particularly helpful.

   You can search the library’s catalogue online or request one of the catalogues that have been developed for specific levels of schools. Contact details are:

   • Freephone 0800 442 442
   • Email: librarian@ihc.org.nz

   Issues associated with the education of students with special education needs are are frequently featured in the media. Quite often, these discussions focus on people with ASD. The IHC’s newsletter Hot Issues presents a monthly summary of these topics and provides links to relevant material.

   Resources for:

   Further learning , Taking action , Others' stories

   Relevant to:

   Understanding autism spectrum disorder, Understanding inclusion, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices, Managing transitions, Specific issues for secondary schools

   Contributed by:

   IHC New Zealand .

9. You're Going to Love This Kid

   Kluth, P. (2010). You're Going To Love This Kid! Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom. Baltimore, MA: Brookes.Kluth, P. (2011). You're Going To Love This Kid! A Professional Development Package for Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive...

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   You're Going to Love This Kid

   Kluth, P. (2010). You're Going To Love This Kid! Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom. Baltimore, MA: Brookes.

   Kluth, P. (2011). You're Going To Love This Kid! A Professional Development Package for Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom. Baltimore, MA: Brookes/Landlocked Films. (DVD and facilitator guide)

   See also Paula Kluth's introductory video clip You're Going To Love This Kid!

   You can also find an article by Paula Kluth on “Supporting Students with Autism: 10 Ideas for Inclusive Classrooms” on the Autism Speaks website.

   The title of these resources by renowned educationalist Paula Kluth is indicative of the tone throughout all her work – Kluth loves students with ASD for who they are as unique individuals and for the way they enrich the lives of those around them.

    Reviews of Kluth’s work emphasise the practical nature of the strategies and resources she provides, her commitment to inclusion, and the strong foundation on research. The 2010 book and professional development package include observation forms and checklists that could be used to review your practice and make decisions about what to do. Examples, case studies, and the DVD show that the approaches she suggests do work. They include checklists for auditing aspects of school and classroom practice, including whether the school is inclusive and whether classrooms are comfortable for students with ASD. Advice is provided on how the materials can be used for professional learning, both in the book and in the manual accompanying the DVD.

   Before purchasing a copy of her resources, you may like to access a copy on loan from Autism New Zealand and/or view the video clips available on the Internet. The introductory video is available here, but you can also find other extracts by typing in the words “You're going to love this kid!” and “DVD”.

   One of the features of Paula’s website is a set of readings on ASD, inclusive schooling, differentiated instruction, and literacy.

   Resources for:

   Further learning , Taking action , Others' stories

   Relevant to:

   Leading change, Understanding autism spectrum disorder, Understanding inclusion, Audit, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices, Managing transitions, Specific issues for secondary schools

   Contributed by:

   Kluth, P. 2010 .

10. Learning Better Together: Working towards Inclusive Education in New Zealand Schools (DVD and booklet)

    A prominent New Zealand researcher and disability advocate, Jude MacArthur creates a coherent picture of what we can aspire to in our schools.The Learning Better Together booklet is closely aligned to the principles outlined in the Index for Inclusion. The...

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    Learning Better Together: Working towards Inclusive Education in New Zealand Schools (DVD and booklet)

    A prominent New Zealand researcher and disability advocate, Jude MacArthur creates a coherent picture of what we can aspire to in our schools.

    The Learning Better Together booklet is closely aligned to the principles outlined in the Index for Inclusion. The topics addressed include:

    • medical (deficit thinking) versus social models of disability
    • what inclusion means … and what it is not
    • Māori and inclusion
    • developing an inclusive school culture and inclusive classroom practices
    • inclusive education as matter of human rights and social justice
    • students’ social experiences and learning in regular compared to special education settings
    • the need for teacher professional development
    • the role of leaders.

    A   DVD is also available.It covers similar topics as well as a range of perspectives from children, parents, teachers, and principals. It is particularly valuable for exploring the principle of inclusion and the related concepts of segregation and exclusion. It shows disabled children being included in the classroom and playground context, clearly demonstrating the benefits to them and their peers. Important principles are addressed – for example, the need for active involvement by all concerned, the need for good communication between home and school, and the role of the teacher in addressing individual needs and setting up the classroom culture.

    The DVD shows that strategies for supporting students with special education needs (for example, visual schedules and social stories) are really just about knowing learners well and explicit teaching, and can be used to benefit others. The key message of both the DVD and the booklet is that inclusion is about responding to diversity and that it is a fundamental human right, not an act of beneficence.

     MacArthur, J. (2009). Learning Better Together: Working towards Inclusive Education in New Zealand Schools. Wellington: IHC New Zealand.

    Resources for:

    Further learning , Taking action

    Relevant to:

    Leading change, Understanding inclusion, Effective schools, Special education and ASD in NZ school settings, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices

    Contributed by:

    MacArthur, J. 2009 IHC New Zealand.