Ableism in education : rethinking school practices and policies /

"How we organize children by ability in schools is often rooted in ableism. Ability is so central to schooling-where we explicitly and continuously shape, assess, measure, and report on students' abilities-that ability-based decisions often appear logical and natural. However, how schools...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parekh, Gillian, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Norton books in education.
Equity and social justice in education series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Thinking through ability, disability, and ableism
  • Making disability a different kind of issue in schools: Disability studies in education
  • How ability is constructed and organized in schools
  • Detangling the relationship between race, class, and perceived ability
  • Part II: How students are organized by ability
  • Special education program, identification and placement
  • Academic streaming and hierarchies of ability
  • Implicating gifted and talented education
  • Part III: Practical strategies for the school and classroom
  • Critical approaches to inclusion
  • Inclusive pedagogy and practice
  • Conclusion: Moving forward and setting new conditions for justice.