The SAGE handbook of special education / edited by Lani Florian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Florian, Lani.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special education.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 580 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Handbook of special education

Special education

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2007.

Summary:

In recent years there has been increasingly vigorous debate about the nature and purpose of special education, and what might be considered the appropriate responses to pupils who experience difficulties in learning. Presenting the most up-to-date information and ideas, this Handbook will serve as the major sourcebook for current and future directions in special education. It examines the intricate relations between theory, research and practice, placing a particular emphasis on what has been learned about providing for students who experience difficulties in learning, how these understandings can contribute to new conceptualisations of special education and the development of more inclusive schools. This comprehensive research-based work brings together scholarship on an international level, and covers topics that transcend national boundaries. It will be essential reading for all professionals and academics working in this important and dynamic field.

Contents:

Editorial Advisors xxi

Section I How Special Educational Needs are Understood

1 Reimagining special education / Lani Florian 7

2 Confronting difference: an excursion through the history of special education / Margret A. Winzer 21

3 A sociology of special education / Sheila Riddell 34

4 Forms of provision and models of service delivery / Jennifer Evans 46

5 Categories of special educational needs / Brahm Norwich 55

6 The disproportionate placement of ethnic minorities in special education / Beth Harry 67

7 Changing perspectives of special education in the evolving context of educational reform / Martyn Rouse, Margaret J. McLaughlin 85

Section II The Challenge of Inclusion

8 Disability rights in education / Marcia Rioux 107

9 Inclusion as a strategy for achieving education for all / Susan Peters 117

10 Learning from difference: sharing international experiences of developments in inclusive education / Susie Miles, Anupam Ahuja 131

11 From special education to effective schools for all: a review of progress so far / Mel Ainscow 146

12 Inclusive schooling as a means and end of education? / Roger Slee 160

Section III Knowledge Production

Research Method and Methodology

13 Perspectives shaping and challenging research approaches in special education / James L. Paul, Kathleen Fowler, Ann Cranston-Gingras 175

14 Advances in research on teaching students who experience difflculties in learning: grappling with the issue of access to the general curriculum / Russell Gersten, Lana Edwards Santoro 187

15 Quantitative research synthesis: meta-analysis of research on meeting special educational needs / Kenneth A. Kavale 207

16 Research and pupil voice / Ann Lewis, Jill Porter 222

17 'Emancipatory' disability research and special educational needs / Colin Barnes, Alison Sheldon 233

18 An epistemology of special education / Gary Thomas 246

Theoretical Perspectives

19 Behavioral theory and practice: current and future issues / John W. Maag 259

20 Constructivist views of learning: implications for inclusive education / Judy W. Kugelmass 272

21 Sociocultural views of learning / J. S. de Valenzuela 280

Section IV Teaching Strategies and Approaches

Curriculum and Assessment

22 Curriculum considerations in meeting special educational needs / Richard Rose 295

23 Curriculum-based measurement in reading and math: providing rigorous outcomes to support learning / Julie Alonzo, Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Gerald Tindal 307

24 Self-assessment as a lens for learning / Roseanna Bourke, Mandia Mentis 319

25 Policy, legal, and implementation issues surrounding assessment accommodations for students with disabilities / Martha L. Thurlow, Sandra J. Thompson, Christopher J. Johnstone 331

Phases of Education

26 Teaching and learning in the early years / Susan A. Fowler, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, Tweety J. Yates 349

27 Teaching elementary students who experience difficulties in learning / Sharon Vaughn, Jeanne Wanzek, Carolyn A. Denton 360

28 Teaching and learning in secondary education / John McDonnell, Michael L. Hardman, Jayne McGuire 378

29 Postsecondary education / Stan F. Shaw 390

30 Lifelong learning and quality of life / Lesley Dee 402

Cross-phase issues of teaching and learning

31 Collaborative teaching: critique of the scientific evidence / Jacqueline S. Thousand, Ann I. Nevin, Richard A. Villa 417

32 Teacher assistants in inclusive schools / Michael F. Giangreco, Mary Beth Doyle 429

33 New machines and new agendas: the changing nature of special education technology research / John Woodward, Ralph Ferretti 440

34 Peer-mediated programs to strengthen classroom instruction: cooperative learning, reciprocal teaching, classwide peer tutoring and peer-assisted learning strategies / Eric Dion, Douglas Fuchs, Lynn S. Fuchs 450

35 The friendships and peer relationships of children and young people who experience difficulties in learning / Dawn B. Male 460

Section V Future Directions for Research and Practice

36 Leadership for social justice and inclusion / Katharine Shepherd, Susan Brody Hasazi 475

37 What do teachers need to know about meeting special educational needs? / Ruth Kershner 486

38 Learning without limits: constructing a pedagogy free from determinist beliefs about ability / Susan Hart, Mary Jane Drummond, Donald McIntyre 499

39 Challenging orthodoxy in special education: on longstanding debates and philosophical divides / Deborah J. Gallagher 515

40 Special education and its contribution to the broader discourse of education / Seamus Hegarty 528.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1412907284

OCLC:

70060113