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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299505003321

Autore

Dawn Ranjita

Titolo

Educational Achievement and Psychosocial Transition in Visually Impaired Adolescents : Studies from India / / by Ranjita Dawn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

9789811066443

9811066442

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 117 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Education, , 2211-193X

Disciplina

155.51824

Soggetti

Educational psychology

Social medicine

Personality

Difference (Psychology)

Educational Psychology

Health, Medicine and Society

Personality and Differential Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a fresh approach to studies on adolescents with visual impairment. It threads through the three elements of disability (visual impairment), psychosocial development of adolescents, and their educational achievement. It highlights how these concepts traverse across and cast an irrefutable impact on each other. The author prepares the ground by highlighting the failure of existing theories of disability studies in addressing issues concerning adolescents. She further critiques the psycho-medical approach to disability which undermines or disregards its social construction. The book provides an analysis of numerous issues affecting the psychosocial development of adolescents with visual impairment, which is further validated through narratives in educational settings. It also strongly advocates the need to create awareness about the basic ethics of human relationships and rights, moral consciousness and social and



civic responsibilities, which can play a vital role in ensuring healthy psychosocial development of adolescents with visual impairment, and in ensuring inclusion.