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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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2022]
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| 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.