Dani Lane, assistant professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, has published a book that looks at the instructional collaboration between special education and general education in international educational contexts and the role this plays in enabling inclusive education.
Dani Lane, assistant professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, published a new book titled “Instructional Collaboration in International Inclusive Education Contexts.”
Co-edited with Sarah Semon of the University of South Florida and Phyllis Jones of the University of South Florida, the book looks at the instructional collaboration between special education and general education in international educational contexts and the role this plays in enabling inclusive education.
The book presents a theoretical framework of instructional collaboration to provide an understanding of the commonalities, differences, and challenges of collaboration internationally. It includes chapters written by scholars from thirteen nations that contribute insights on the implementation of instructional collaborative practices. The scholars highlight how instructional collaboration is developed from teacher preparation programs, describing how this is implemented in schools to provide insight of the social and political considerations that impact on the promotion of inclusive education in the context of their country.
In addition to her contribution as editor, Lane co-published a peer-reviewed chapter titled “Collaboration in Context: Instructional Coaching to Support Inclusive Classrooms, an American Perspective” alongside Gretchen Stewart (Smart Moves Academy in Tampa, Florida). Their chapter discusses meaningful professional relationships and how instructional coaching may serve as a collaborative lever to support inclusion in American schools.