Disability Classification in Education : Issues and Perspectives.

This edited volume examines current disability classification systems, the dilemmas educators face in categorizing students with special needs, and alternative options based on recent challenges and trends.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Florian, Lani
Otros Autores: McLaughlin, Margaret J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: SAGE Publications, 2008.
Temas:
Children with disabilities > Education.
Enfants handicapés > Éducation.
Children with disabilities > Education
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors
  • Part I
  • International and Cross-National Contexts Within the Current Use of Disability Classification
  • Chapter 1
  • Disability Classification in Education
  • Chapter 2
  • Cross-National Comparisons of Special Education Classification Systems
  • Chapter 3
  • A Supply-Side Approach for a Resource-Based Classification System
  • Chapter 4
  • Evolving Dilemmas About Categorization
  • Chapter 5
  • Disability Classification, Categorization in Education: A US Perspective
  • Chapter 6
  • Implications for Human and Civil Rights Entitlements: Stigma, Stereotypes, and Civil Rights in Disability Classification SystemsChapter 7
  • Implications for Human and Civil Rights Entitlements: Disability Classification Systems and the Law of Special Education
  • Chapter 8
  • The Classification of Pupils at the Educational Margins in Scotland: Shifting Categories and Frameworks
  • Part II
  • Interaction and Impacts of Classification Policies on Educational Systems
  • Chapter 9
  • Perspectives and Purposes of Disability Classification Systems: Implications for Teachers and Curriculum and PedagogyChapter 10
  • Disability Classification and Teacher Education
  • Chapter 11
  • Disproportionality in Special Education: A Transatlantic Phenomenon
  • Chapter 12
  • Classification of Children With Disabilities in the Context of Performance-Based Educational Reform: An Unintended Classification System
  • Part III
  • New Approaches to the Classification Dilemma
  • Chapter 13
  • International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth: A Common Language for Special EducationChapter 14
  • Learning Disabilities in the United States: Operationalizing a Construct
  • Chapter 15
  • Beyond the Dilemma of Difference: The Capability Approach in Disability and Special Educational Needs
  • Chapter 16
  • Concluding Thoughts: On Perspectives and Purposes of Disability Classification Systems in Education
  • Index

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