Looking into Special Education
Synopsis
Contemporary and stimulating, Looking into Special Education provides an engaging overview of the key areas of special education, with each chapter providing valuable insight into the nature and practice of special education today. Aiding understanding and acting as a framework for further study, thought and practice, this innovative new book concerns a wide range of disabilities and disorders and is international in scope.
Chapters discuss:
The historical dimensions of special education
How to engage with the structural frameworks (legal and definitional issues) of special education today
The philosophical foundations of special education, including positivism
Criticisms of special education and a consideration of future trends
The fundamentals of evidence-based practice and how professional judgement is used
The benefits of multi-professional collaboration
Organisational issues of mainstreaming and special schooling.
Including further reading material and ‘concluding thinking points’ at the end of each thought-provoking chapter, Looking into Special Education will be of particular use to professionals and students of special education and related fields looking to enrich their understanding and practice.
- Hakimiliki:
- 2014 Michael Farrell
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781317932659
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 2019-07-25T01:35:02Z
- Lugha:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.