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The book comprises an account of my learning at both theoretical and practical levels,as I discovered how to live my values more fully in my practice. Inclusivity and leadership establish a set of values and purposes that underpins the educational process in a school. The individual commitment of the teachers and leader drives the values and purposes into reality. Values without implementation do little for school improvement.It is in dealing with the challenge to change and improve,often by confronting unacceptable practices,that teachers and leaders show their educational values. The book is the story of how I learned to speak for myself and came to regard her as a person who has something to say for herself in the context of the impoverished schools of South Africa. My book is an articulation of my belief that teachers and learners should be counted among those with the authority to participate both in the critique and in the reform of education. It also articulates my commitment to a scholarship of teaching that allows teachers to learn from pedagogical experience and exchange that learning in acts of scholarship that contribute to the wisdom of practice across the profession.

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Deidre Chante Geduld holds a PHD in Inclusive Education and is a lecturer at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Her interest lies in promoting teaching and learning strategies to promote the inclusion of all learners in mainstream education.

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