Mainstreaming
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mainstreaming is a noun meaning The process of bringing something into the mainstream.
Meaning
The process of bringing something into the mainstream.
More Meanings
- (education, chiefly US) The practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes.
- present participle and gerund of mainstream
Example Sentences
It was 1979, and for many educators mainstreaming was an idea whose time had come.
Neither Wales nor Scotland was in favour of getting rid of it, no doubt because both countries have done an infinitely better job than Whitehall on mainstreaming sustainable development.
Mainstreaming implies involving all social actors—governments, civil society, industry and local communities—in the process. Mainstreaming calls for changes in policy as far upstream as possible.
Word Forms
- mainstreamings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include integrated, inclusiveness, inclusion, inclusive, rationalisation, universalization.
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