The pedagogy of special needs education : phenomenology of sameness and difference / Chizuko Fujita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fujita, Chizuko, 1953- author.

Series:

Phenomenology of practice (Routledge (Firm))

Phenomenology of Practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special education--Case studies.

Special education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"The Pedagogy of Special Needs Education: Phenomenology of Sameness and Difference outlines how to understand the inner and behavioral lives of children with intellectual disability through the psychology and phenomenology of "stories" derived from the experiences of living with these children. The book inquires into the meaning of the experiences of children with intellectual developmental disability using a phenomenological method. It examines how the external behaviors of children with special needs may look different from children without these needs, but actually do share many similarities at the phenomenological level of lived experience. Themes of difference and sameness are employed for exploring the significances of phenomena such as "finger play," "eating as self-feeding," "smiling and turn-taking," "self-talk," and "don't touch me." Throughout the narrating and interpreting of the case studies within the book, the author shows the tensional dialectic between individual difference and collective difference, in order to understand what is required to help children with intellectual disability become themselves and form their personal self-identity. The Pedagogy of Special Needs Education can be used in schools, seminars, and courses related to special education programs, and in special needs curricula for children with developmental disabilities. It can also support childcare professionals who carry orthopedagogical responsibilities and who are concerned about the well-being of children and their families experiencing special needs. Additionally, this book is valuable to students, researchers, teachers, and others interested in a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to human science, professional practice issues, and qualitative research methods"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Difference, Self, and Identity

1 Lives of Difference

Walking With Ted

Grasping Ted's Experience

Rhea's Running

Deviancy of Behavior

Singularity and Being Intellectually Disabled

A Father

Sameness and Difference

2 What Is Special in Special Needs Education?

The Empirical Behavioral Perspective

Questions Concerning the Traditional Empirical Behavioral Perspective

The Social Perspective

Questions Concerning the Social Perspective

Possibility

3 How to Examine Special Needs Education?

Acknowledging the Active Involvement of a Researcher

Research Implications of the Pedagogic Stance

The Phenomenology of Story As a Mode of Researching

4 Finger Play

Matthew Plays Finger Play

Finger Play-Stereotyped?

Chris Plays Swinging

Finger Play and Swinging-Are They the Same?

Finger Play and Swinging-Are They Different?

5 Eating As Self-Feeding

Karen at a Lunch Table

Meal Time-For Training or . . .

Eating As Self-Feeding

Eating Together

6 Smiling and Turn-Taking

Jeffry

Karen

Saying and Speaking

Repetition and Turn-Taking

Smiling

Anthony

Mike and Anthony

7 Self-Talk

The Tone of Self-Talk

The Contents of Self-Talk

The Gaze of Self-Talk

(Un)differentiation of Self and Others

Difference and Sameness

8 Don't Touch Me

Jeff

Danny

Sophie

Chris

Mark

The Beginning

Expectation and Anticipation

Distance

9 Seeing and Listening

Anne, a Student Teacher

Sarah, a Staff Member

Bead Threading

Inconsistency

Meaningfulness and Relevancy

10 Reflections

Sameness and Difference.

Same Yet Different, Different Yet Same

Beyond Collective Difference

The Contextuality of Meaning

The Continuous Nature of Hermeneutic and Pedagogical Inquiry

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-313833-0

1-000-33730-8

1-003-13833-0

1-000-33718-9

9781003138334

OCLC:

1191456430