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McMaster, Christopher – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2014
This research article reports on the experience of a special needs unit within an Aotearoa/New Zealand high school during a period of inclusive change. The study of the special needs unit represented a case study within a larger year-long qualitative study of the school experience. Utilizing the Index for Inclusion: Developing learning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Inclusion, Special Needs Students
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Burg, Blanka – Roeper Review, 1992
Gifted education in Israel was established 18 years ago and now serves 20,000 pupils. Services include special classes in regular schools, pull-out programs, afternoon enrichment courses and special science courses offered by colleges, universities, and municipalities for Jewish, Arab, and Druze students. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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Lin, Wen T. C. – Disability, Handicap and Society, 1987
The development of special education in Brazil is compared with England and the U.S., emphasizing the predominance of educable mentally retarded as a category and the preference for special class provision. The paper discusses various influencing factors, current government policy and service provision, and the future prospects for integration.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Disabilities
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Mavrin-Cavor, Ljiljana – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1992
Comparison of primary grade students (n=67) with mild mental retardation in Croatia (Yugoslavia) receiving either a special program designed by special and regular educators, regular class services but no special educational help, occasional special educational help, or special services in a special school found that students in the first group…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Mild Mental Retardation
Sisk, Dorothy – 1984
Provisions for gifted student identification and educational programming in Australia, the USSR, Venezuela, Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, and the Peoples Republic of China, and the United Kingdom are discussed. Concern for locating and serving the gifted is apparent in all these countries. Issues and program efforts in gifted education are quite…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ireson, Judith – British Journal of Special Education, 1992
A comparative analysis of 10 primary and 10 secondary schools found relationships between school policy toward children with learning problems (either encouraging mainstreaming or separate classes) and other aspects of school functioning, including educational philosophy, approach to handicap identification, and degree of communication between the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Skov-Jorgensen, I. – 1988
The literature review describes the ideal of "a school for all" which integrates children with and without disabilities from a European perspective. Topics covered include a historical review of discrimination against the disabled, the establishment of private special schools, the increasing role of public educational authorities in…
Descriptors: Counseling, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship