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Looking to the Future: Towards a Common Sense of Purpose

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Mel Ainscow
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The articles in this journal focus on what is, arguably, the biggest challenge facing school systems throughout the world, that of educational inclusion. It is hardly surprising that this is particularly challenging in secondary schools. Within such schools, internal factors, such as size and organisational complexity, clearly complicate attempts to foster more flexible and responsive arrangements. At the same time, external factors, not least the effects of competition between schools and parental choice, create particularly intensive pressures to achieve improved results in tests and examinations.

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Research Article
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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , 2005 , pp. 182 - 186
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 2005

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