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

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.9
• Soggetto topico: Children with disabilities - Education; Children with disabilities
• Persona (resp. second.): FlorianLani; McLaughlinMargaret J.
• 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>
• Titolo autorizzato: Disability classification in education
• ISBN: 1-4522-8067-3; 1-4522-1588-X; 1-4416-5365-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807237203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II