Dyslexia : a history / / Philip Kirby and Margaret J. Snowling
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| Autore: |
Kirby J. Philip
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| Titolo: |
Dyslexia : a history / / Philip Kirby and Margaret J. Snowling
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] |
| ©2022 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (277 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 618.928553 |
| Soggetto topico: | Dyslexia |
| Dyslexia - History | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Dyslexia |
| education | |
| history of dyslexia | |
| history of education | |
| neurodivergency | |
| word-blindness | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SnowlingMargaret J. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- What's in a Word? Dyslexia in Historical Perspective -- Foundations -- Dyslexia Discovered: Word-Blindness, Victorian Medicine, and Education (1877–1917) -- Dyslexia Goes Global: Psychology, Childhood, and Trans-Atlanticism (1925–48) -- Evidence -- Dyslexia Discussed: The Foundation and Work of the Word Blind Centre (1962–72) -- Researching Dyslexia: From the Discrepancy Definition to Cognitive Neuroscience (1964–2009) -- Recognition: The Example of Britain -- Tackling Dyslexia: Class, Gender, and the Construction of a Dyslexia Infrastructure (1962–97) -- Dyslexia Legislated: Literacy, Policy, and the Achievement of Official Status (1962–2010) -- Legacies -- Dyslexia Today and Tomorrow: Discourses of Dyslexia in the Twenty-First Century -- Conclusion -- Timeline: Fifty Key Dates -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This first comprehensive history of dyslexia charts a journey that begins with Victorian medicine and continues to dyslexia becoming the most globally recognized specific learning difficulty. Philip Kirby and Margaret Snowling use a historical lens to explain current debates around dyslexia, and to reflect on the place of literacy in society. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dyslexia |
| ISBN: | 0-2280-1540-5 |
| 0-2280-1539-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910774889103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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