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mainstream, v. U.S.|ˈmeɪnstriːm|
[f. main stream n.]
a. trans. Educ. To place (a child with a disability) in a school or class for those without special needs (for all or part of the school day); to educate in such an integrated environment. Also absol.
1974Today's Educ. Mar.–Apr. 25/3 That children will be mainstreamed without backup services is always a danger in times of financial stress. 1974Exceptional Children Nov. 152/2 Efforts to provide training and experiences for regular classroom teachers are not keeping pace with efforts to mainstream. 1977Time 30 May 37/1 Education experts..fear that the money crunch will force schools to ‘mainstream’ ill-prepared students into regular classrooms rather than putting them in small special classes. 1988Washington Post 10 Nov. dc3/1 Should the child be mainstreamed into public schools or attend a school for the deaf? 1991Governing Dec. 40/1 She was placed in a classroom with 12 other handicapped children and a teacher specially trained to teach children with disabilities. Within a year, Jennifer was ‘mainstreamed’ for two periods a day—storytime and playtime.
b. gen. To incorporate into the mainstream. Also without const. orig and chiefly U.S.
1982G. M. Dalgish Dict. Africanisms p. xiii, The editor has attempted to record the most well-known items [from the African languages]..in the belief that such items are most likely to become fully ‘mainstreamed’ into the English language. 1982Amer. Speech LVII. 288 He would argue that the language of drugs has been mainstreamed for several years. 1993Body & Soul Fall 65/1 Vegetarianism has been mainstreamed, due to increased interest in environmentalism and the green movement.
So ˈmainstreaming vbl. n.
1973School Managem. Aug./Sept. 28/1 The new practice of mainstreaming recognizes that the individual child may have specific learning or behavior problems which can and should be dealt with only part of the time in an isolated class. 1982Amer. Speech LVII. 216 Federal legislation and mainstreaming in public education have helped in dispelling some of these prejudices. 1991San Francisco Rev. Bks. Fall 2/1 This issue's Special Feature surveys and explores black American writing, arts, and culture. However, the mainstreaming of these artists has not come about through the integration of the board room. |