Croll And Levitas Analysis

The writer also mentioned about the utopian thinking of ‘hope’ and ‘desire’ by Levitas (Croll and Moses, 2000). Furthermore, another concept of utopia that the writers mentioned were about eutopia (the good place) and outopia (no place) which were created by Thomas More. Together, these concepts, created the concept of utopia. Based on these concepts of utopia, a society would desire to have inclusive education as the best education system, however, they were not hoping for it to happen. As stated by some of the headteachers and the officers, they were supporting inclusive ideas, though, on the other hand, they also supported segregated schools. There were several critiques on the utopian point of view. Popper (Croll and Moses, 2000) argued that the utopian viewed was dangerous and could lead to totalitarianism. In terms of inclusion, total inclusion could hinder the desires and aspirations of several people (Croll and Moses, 2000).

It could be seen on some of the interviews that showed inclusion as a ‘nice idea’ that could be used as a complementary to the ‘real’ educational activities. On the other hand, few of those who were interviewed expressed inclusion as a representation of a real hope. According to them, a utopian ideal was a change and a critique that influence education policy. Another point of view of the ideal inclusion was that it was not seen as realizable hope nor irrelevant to current practice. The conclusion of the study was that the criticism that was expressed by the headteachers and education officers could be seen as a belief that there were children that could be taught in mainstream schools, however, there were all so children who needed to be taught in special