Educating learners with Down syndrome : research, theory and practice with children and adolescents / edited by Rhonda Faragher and Barbara Clarke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faragher, Rhonda.

Clarke, Barbara (Barbara Anne)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with mental disabilities--Education.

Children with mental disabilities.

Down syndrome--Patients--Education.

Down syndrome.

Developmentally disabled children--Education.

Developmentally disabled children.

Down syndrome--Patients.

Education.

Physical Description:

xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

For individuals with Down syndrome, the extent of the effect of intellectual disability depends largely on the degree of provision of appropriate support and intervention. In Educating Learners with Down Syndrome, editors Rhonda Faragher and Barbara Clarke have brought together a number of expert contributors, whose chapters review recent findings in the field of DS education, highlight promising practices, and identify areas for future research. While the emphasis is primarily on the school years, links to early intervention and to life post-16 are made, with chapters organized into three parts: conceptual overview of issues in learning and teaching, learning mathematics, and literacy development. The book is also united by the cohesive themes of assessment, evidence-based practice, and inclusive practices. Educating Learners with Down Syndrome importantly incorporates the voices of individuals with Down syndrome, whose personal narratives add significance to the research mission of the text and demonstrate the authors' inclusive philosophy. Aimed at researchers, teacher educators, higher degree students, and policy makers, this book is the first of its kind to provide a compendium of research on educating learners with Down syndrome. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Issues in learning and teaching 17

1 A lifespan approach to learning in the context of quality of life / Roy I. Brown Brown, Roy I. 19

2 Cognitive strengths and weaknesses for informing educational practice / Donna Couzens Couzens, Donna, Monica Cuskelly Cuskelly, Monica 40

3 Mastery motivation in children with Down syndrome: promoting and sustaining interest in learning / Linda Gilmore Gilmore, Linda, Monica Cuskelly Cuskelly, Monica 60

4 Enhancing learning for children with Down syndrome / Emily A. Jones Jones, Emily A., Nicole Neil Neil, Nicole, Kathleen M. Feeley Feeley, Kathleen M. 83

Part II Learning mathematics 117

5 Mathematics profile of me learner with Down syndrome / Rhonda Faragher Faragher, Rhonda, Barbara Clarke Clarke, Barbara 119

6 Developing early number concepts for children with Down syndrome / Barbara Clarke Clarke, Barbara, Rhonda Faragher Faragher, Rhonda 146

7 Research on number knowledge of students with Down syndrome: an experience from Indonesia / Rumiati, Robert J. Wright Wright, Robert J. 163

8 Learning mathematics in the secondary school: possibilities for students with Down syndrome / Rhonda Faragher Faragher, Rhonda 174

Part III Literacy development 193

9 Developing the reading skills of children with Down syndrome / Kelly Burgoyne Burgoyne, Kelly, Becky Baxter Baxter, Becky, Sue Buckley Buckley, Sue 195

10 Challenging literate invisibility: continuing literacy education for young adults and adults with Down syndrome / Karen B. Moni Moni, Karen B., Anne Jobling Jobling, Anne 221

11 Down syndrome: a story from a developing country / Rumiati 238

12 Where we are, where we would like to be, and (perhaps) how we get there / Rhonda Faragher Faragher, Rhonda, Barbara Clarke Clarke, Barbara 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780415816366

041581636X

9780415816373

0415816378

OCLC:

844728681