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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791234503321

Titolo

Disability classification in education : issues and perspectives / / Lani Florian, Margaret J. McLaughlin, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-4522-8067-3

1-4522-1588-X

1-4416-5365-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

371.9

Soggetti

Children with disabilities - Education

Children with disabilities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Part I - International and Cross-National Contexts Within the Current Use of Disability Classification; Chapter 1 - Disability Classification in Education; Chapter 2 - Cross-National Comparisons of Special Education Classification Systems; Chapter 3 - A Supply-Side Approach for a Resource-Based Classification System; Chapter 4 - Evolving Dilemmas About Categorization; Chapter 5 - Disability Classification, Categorization in Education: A US Perspective

Chapter 6 - Implications for Human and Civil Rights Entitlements: Stigma, Stereotypes, and Civil Rightsin Disability Classification SystemsChapter 7 - Implications for Human and Civil Rights Entitlements: Disability Classification Systems and the Law of Special Education; Chapter 8 - The Classification of Pupils at the Educational Margins in Scotland: Shifting Categories and Frameworks; Part II - Interaction and Impacts of Classification Policies on Educational Systems

Chapter 9 - Perspectives and Purposes of Disability Classification Systems: Implications for Teachers and Curriculum and PedagogyChapter 10 - Disability Classification and Teacher Education;



Chapter 11 - Disproportionality in Special Education: A Transatlantic Phenomenon; Chapter 12 - Classification of Children With Disabilities in the Context of Performance-Based Educational Reform: An Unintended Classification System; Part III - New Approaches to the Classification Dilemma

Chapter 13 - International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth: A Common Language for Special EducationChapter 14 - Learning Disabilities in the United States: Operationalizing a Construct; Chapter 15 - Beyond the Dilemma of Difference: The Capability Approach in Disability and Special Educational Needs; Chapter 16 - Concluding Thoughts: On Perspectives and Purposes of Disability Classification Systems in Education; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This edited volume examines current disability classification systems, the dilemmas educators face in categorizing students with special needs, and alternative options based on recent challenges and trends.<b></b>