Mainstreaming
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library
...education, practice of teaching handicapped children in regular classrooms with nonhandicapped children to the fullest extent possible...associated with hearing or learning. The practice is also called inclusion. Mainstreaming has been of increasing interest since the...student population whose disabilities are compatible with a classroom setting and is felt in general to better prepare special...