Comparing Special Education : Origins to Contemporary Paradoxes /

In contemporary conflicts about educational standards and accountability, special education plays a key role as it draws the boundaries between exclusion and inclusion. This book unites in-depth comparative and historical studies with analyses of global trends.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Richardson, John G.
Other Authors: Powell, Justin J. W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Special education > Cross-cultural studies.
Éducation spéciale > Études transculturelles.
EDUCATION > Special Education > Learning Disabilities.
EDUCATION / Special Education / General
Special education
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies
Cross-cultural studies.
Études transculturelles.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : from origins to contemporary paradoxes in special education
  • Ideas and institutions : the enlightenments, human nature, and disability
  • Economic change, state-making, and citizenship
  • The global institution of special education
  • Historical models and social logics of special education systems
  • Institutionalizing special education systems and their divergence over the twentieth century
  • Special education participation and the simultaneous rise of segregation and inclusion
  • Rights, liberties and education in "least" and "most" restrictive settings : contrasting futures of public education and juvenile justice
  • Between global intentions and national resistance : from special education to inclusive education?

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