Vital questions facing disability studies in education / edited by Scot Danforth and Susan L. Gabel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Danforth, Scot.

Gabel, Susan L. (Susan Lynn), 1956-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Disability studies in education ; v. 20.

Disability studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Education.

People with disabilities.

Disability studies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 359 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2016]

Summary:

Edited by the leading scholars in the field, Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education provides an overview and introduction to the growing field of disability studies in education, including the application of the interdisciplinary field of disability studies to inclusive education, teacher education, educational research, and educational policy development. While traditional special education research has focused on developing interventions aimed at increasing students' functional capacities, disability studies scholars have asked provocative and probing questions about how communities and schools can value, include, and nurture disabled persons. This second edition continues the emphasis of the first edition on the central questions that drive this critical field of inquiry and social action, while broadening its scope to more fully address international educational issues. The first edition of this text has been widely adopted in undergraduate and graduate courses in disability studies and inclusive education. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1. How can disability studies in education contribute to the understanding of the poetics of difference?

De constructing difference : doing disability studies in multicultural educational contexts

Conversations across disability and difference : teacher education seeking inclusion

I'm "coming out" as disabled, but I'm "staying in" to rest : reflection on elected and imposed segregation

Politics of wonder : contemplation of the diversity and humanity within disability

Part 2. How can disability studies inform our understanding of contemporary political debates in education, particularly in their relevance to disabled students?

The natural hierarchy undone : disability studies' contributions to contemporary debates in education

Learning from our historical evasions : disability studies and schooling in a liberal democracy

Part 3. How is disability studies in education (ir)relevant to the practical interests, experiences, and goals of disables people in schools?

Disability studies and young children : finding relevance

Tensions experienced as a visually impaired African American student negotiated identities in the pursuit of education : a mother's influence

Part 4. How can disability studies in education be relevant to the practical concerns of teachers?

Disability studies in education as a tool for transformation of self and teaching

Disability studies in education and the practical concerns of teachers

Part 5. In what ways is disability studies (ir)relevant to local, state, and national policy?

Misconceptions and misunderstandings : twin fallacies that influence disability policies

Applying disability theory in educational policy : NIDRR's "new paradigm of disability" as a cautionary tale

Part 6. How does disability studies in education contribute to conversations about the relationships between school, family, and community?

Developing inclusive practice through connections between home, community, and school

Finding the "proper attitude": the potential of disability studies to reframe family/school linkages

How can disability studies inform the development and use of advanced educational technologies?

Interrogating the impact of scientific and technological development on disabled children in India and beyond

The question concerning technology and disability- and the future of education

Part 8. Why teach disability studies in education?

A look at the way we look at disability

Teaching to trouble

Part 9: How is disability studies in education taking shape in nations of the global south and east?

"I want to be 'normal'" : (re)learning the value of DSE-informed research in the global south

The post-2015 challenge : social exclusion-capability-identity, a new impetus for shaping education for vulnerable children in low-income contexts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781433127571

1433127571

OCLC:

947953682

Publisher Number:

99968869184