Promoting equitable access to education for children and young people with vision impairment : a route-map for a balanced curriculum / Mike McLinden, [and 7 others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Mapping the educational landscape -- An introduction to vision impairment education -- Exploring curriculum access for learners with vision impairment -- Developing the parameters of a conceptual framework and the role of the specialist practitioner -- Part 2. Applying the conceptual framework to vision impairment education -- Early childhood care and education in home and informal learning settings -- Early childhood education in more formal learning settings -- The secondary years -- Post-compulsory education -- Part 3. Future policy and research directions -- Future policy directions: Reaffirming what matters -- What works in vision impairment education? -- Concluding thoughts.

"Promoting Equitable Access to Education for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment offers a suitable vocabulary and developmental route map to examine the changing influences on promoting equitable access to education for learners with vision impairment in different contexts and settings, throughout a given educational pathway. Bringing together a wide range of perspectives, this book argues that inclusive educational systems and teaching approaches should focus upon promoting and sustaining a balanced curriculum. It provides an analysis of how a suitable curriculum balance can be promoted and sustained through the stages of a given educational pathway to ensure equitable access and progression for all learners with vision impairment. The authors draw on the United Kingdom as a country study to illustrate the complex ecosystem within which learners with vision impairment are educated. Structured around a framework which provides a conceptually coherent and practical balance between universal and specialist approaches, this book is a relevant read for educators, academics, and researchers involved in vision impairment education as well as officials in government and non-government organisations engaged in developing education policy relating to inclusive education and disability"-- Provided by publisher.