Vital questions facing disability studies in education /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Danforth, Scot, Gabel, Susan L. (Susan Lynn), 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, [2016]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Disability studies in education ; v. 20.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. How can disability studies in education contribute to the understanding of the poetics of difference?
  • De constructing difference : doing disability studies in multicultural educational contexts
  • Conversations across disability and difference : teacher education seeking inclusion
  • I'm "coming out" as disabled, but I'm "staying in" to rest : reflection on elected and imposed segregation
  • Politics of wonder : contemplation of the diversity and humanity within disability
  • Part 2. How can disability studies inform our understanding of contemporary political debates in education, particularly in their relevance to disabled students?
  • The natural hierarchy undone : disability studies' contributions to contemporary debates in education
  • Learning from our historical evasions : disability studies and schooling in a liberal democracy
  • Part 3. How is disability studies in education (ir)relevant to the practical interests, experiences, and goals of disables people in schools?
  • Disability studies and young children : finding relevance
  • Tensions experienced as a visually impaired African American student negotiated identities in the pursuit of education : a mother's influence
  • Part 4. How can disability studies in education be relevant to the practical concerns of teachers?
  • Disability studies in education as a tool for transformation of self and teaching
  • Disability studies in education and the practical concerns of teachers
  • Part 5. In what ways is disability studies (ir)relevant to local, state, and national policy?
  • Misconceptions and misunderstandings : twin fallacies that influence disability policies
  • Applying disability theory in educational policy : NIDRR's "new paradigm of disability" as a cautionary tale
  • Part 6. How does disability studies in education contribute to conversations about the relationships between school, family, and community?
  • Developing inclusive practice through connections between home, community, and school
  • Finding the "proper attitude": the potential of disability studies to reframe family/school linkages
  • How can disability studies inform the development and use of advanced educational technologies?
  • Interrogating the impact of scientific and technological development on disabled children in India and beyond
  • The question concerning technology and disability- and the future of education
  • Part 8. Why teach disability studies in education?
  • A look at the way we look at disability
  • Teaching to trouble
  • Part 9: How is disability studies in education taking shape in nations of the global south and east?
  • "I want to be 'normal'" : (re)learning the value of DSE-informed research in the global south
  • The post-2015 challenge : social exclusion-capability-identity, a new impetus for shaping education for vulnerable children in low-income contexts.