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mainstreaming
noun 2
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4ADJ.
all, many, sustainable
VERB + MAINSTREAMING
process
MAINSTREAMING + NOUN
development, idea
PREP.
in, on, than
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noun
1
The process of bringing something into the mainstream.
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.
2
The practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes.
It was 1979, and for many educators mainstreaming was an idea whose time had come.
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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.
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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.
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It was 1979, and for many educators mainstreaming was an idea whose time had come.
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