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Deconstructing Special Education and Constructing Inclusion 3e

Autor: Gary Thomas , Andrew Loxley

Número de Páginas: 224

Previous editions of the bestselling Deconstructing Special Education set a landmark for the understanding of inclusion. This completely re-written third edition continues in the tradition of critical analysis set by the first two editions and assesses how ideas and practice surrounding inclusion adapt to modern pressures and expectations. The new edition addresses: •The influence of intersectionality on the ways we think about special education and inclusion •Contemporary understandings of ‘mental health’ and how these affect the way that we think about behaviour at school •Changing understandings of ‘disability’ •The impact of research on the development of inclusion •Marketisation and its corrosive influence on inclusion •The impact of social media on children and young people •How spending on special needs impacts the development of inclusion The authors address these complex issues in an open and accessible way, making the book essential reading for a broad audience including students, teachers, educational psychologists, policymakers and researchers. “Essential reading for anyone studying or working in either special or inclusive education… Few...

Higher Education in Ireland, 1922–2016

Autor: John Walsh

Número de Páginas: 563

This book explores the emergence of the modern higher education sector in the independent Irish state. The author traces its origins from the traditional universities, technical schools and teacher training colleges at the start of the twentieth century, cataloguing its development into the complex, multi-layered and diverse system of the early twenty-first century. Focusing on the socio-political and cultural contexts which shaped the evolution of higher education, the author analyses the interplay between the state, academic institutions and other key institutional actors – notably churches, cultural organizations, employers, trade unions and supranational bodies. This study explores policy, structural and institutional change in Irish higher education, suggesting that the emergence of the modern higher education system in Ireland was influenced by ideologies and trends which owed much to a wider European and international context. The book considers how the exercise of power at local, national and international level impinged on the mission, purpose and values of higher education and on the creation and expansion of a distinctive higher education system. The author also...

Winter's Knight

Autor: Richard Argent

Número de Páginas: 424

Young Andrew was touched by the otherworld when a dead murderer sought out his village, showing him his fate. And though his father is just a blacksmith, nothing will keep Andrew from riding to the Crusades to seek the honours he has been promised. He lives battles of the imagination, seeing harsh midday sun glint off sword and armour, where he rides his horse into war in a riot of colour and noise. But dead men keep secrets, and much of the future has been kept from him. Andrew may find the glory of the Crusades and skirmish with Saladin's most powerful warriors. Or he may become entangled in Templar politics and wander in the desert haunted by jinn and demons. What is certain is that Andrew will face tests of blade and spirit. And his dreams will be measured in blood before he sees home again.

Deconstructing Special Education and Constructing Inclusion

Autor: Gary Thomas , Andrew Loxley

Número de Páginas: 164

"In this book the authors look behind special education to its supposed intellectual foundations. They find a knowledge jumble constructed of bits and pieces from Piagetian, psychoanalytic, psychometric and behavioural theoretical models. They examine the consequences of these models' influence for professional and popular thinking about learning difficulty. In turn, they explore and critique the results of this dominance for our views about children who are different and for the development of special education and its associated professions. In the light of this critique, they suggest that much of the 'knowledge' of special education is misconceived, and they proceed to advance a powerful rationale for inclusion out of ideas about stakeholding, social justice and human rights. Concluding that inclusion owes more to political theory than to psychology or sociology, the authors suggest that a rethink is needed about the ways in which we come by educational knowledge. This is important reading for students of education, and for teachers, advisers and educational psychologists."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Marginalised Communities in Higher Education

Autor: Neil Harrison , Graeme Atherton

Número de Páginas: 279

Drawing on examples from nine countries across five continents, this book offers anyone interested in the future of higher education the opportunity to understand how communities become marginalised and how this impacts on their access to learning and their ability to thrive as students. Focusing on groups that suffer directly through discriminatory practices or indirectly through distinct forms of sociocultural disadvantage, this book brings to light communities about which little has been written and where research efforts are in their relative infancy. Each chapter documents the experiences of a group and provides insights that have a wider reach and gives voice to those that are often unheard. The book concludes with a new conceptualisation of the social forces that lead to marginalisation in higher education. This cutting-edge book is a must read for higher education researchers, policy makers, and students interested in access to education, sociology of education, development studies, and cultural studies.

EBOOK: Deconstructing Special Education

Autor: Gary Thomas , Andrew Loxley

Número de Páginas: 196

This revised edition of a popular text offers students an updated and comprehensive overview across special education. It critically examines the intellectual foundations of special education and considers the consequences of their influence for professional and popular thinking about learning difficulties. The chapters place inclusion within a social and political context to highlight how concepts have been influences by theory and ideology across the years. The book offers guidance to students on specific issues such as reading and behavioural difficulties with theoretically grounded information. With a fresh chapter discussing current research, intersectionality and increased marketisation within education this book reflects the new landscape and legislation of special education. “Essential reading for anyone studying or working in either special or inclusive education… Few could build the case as well as Thomas and Loxley.” Melanie Nind, Professor of Education, University of Southampton, UK “Few books in the field of education merit the soubriquet 'must read'. This is one such." Philip Garner, Professor, Brunel University, UK “An absolute must-read for all of us...

Three Simple Words

Autor: Megan Bates

Número de Páginas: 213

Tіmе соuld сhаngе a lоt, fоr better оr wоrѕе. Fоr instance, Dаіѕу'ѕ lіfе wаѕ nоrmаl. Shе hаd a lоvіng older brоthеr, frіеndlу реорlе аrоund аnd аn аnnоуіng guy who just happened to bе hеr brоthеr'ѕ best frіеnd. But fаtе hаd ѕоmеthіng еlѕе in ѕtоrе fоr hеr аnd еvеrуthіng сhаngеd оvеrnіght. Thе same реорlе whо once lоvеd thе Sinclaires bеgаn tаlkіng behind their bасkѕ, her brоthеr'ѕ bеѕt friend Olіvеr ѕееmеd tо hate hеr more thаn еvеr fоr lеаvіng hеr and most importantly, Maxwell - hеr brоthеr - went mіѕѕіng. With all hope lоѕt, аnd іnvеѕtіgаtіоnѕ turning uр wіth nо сluеѕ, ѕhе trіеd to саrrу оn wіth hеr life, dеѕреrаtе tо lеаvе behind hеr dreadful раѕt. But ѕеvеn years later, she wаѕ forced tо come bасk wіth rеіgnіtеd hopes оf seeing him аgаіn. Nоt knоwіng whаt tо do, she turns tо thе реорlе she оnсе lеft behind - dеtеrmіnеd to fіnd оut the truth fоr hеrѕеlf, even іf it hurtѕ hеr. Will ѕhе find hіm? Or will everything fall араrt?

Descendants of Isaac Schneider, 1786-1879

Autor: Elizabeth Ebbott

Número de Páginas: 534

Isaac Schneider (1786-1879) was the son of Johann Heinrich Schneider (1747-1825) and Verena Rohr (1749-1816) of Suhr, Canton Aargau, Switzerland. He married twice: (1) Elisabeth Styner (1796-1845) and Susanna Hauri Baumann (1809-1862). He was a farmer and the president of the community council. Of his sixteen children, eight came to North America. Three of his sons from his first marriage, Jacob, Isaac and Abraham emigrated to the US in 1847 and settled in Missouri Canada and Ohio. Later, Abraham #1 resettled in Richland Twp., Jones Co., Iowa. Jacob #1 settled on a farm near Cascade, Iowa. Jacob #2 (b.1851) emigrated in 1872 and settled at Monticello, Iowa. Isaac #2 (b.1853) emigrated with his brother Jacob and at Monticello. Isaac Sr. raised two different families, each with an Isaac, Jacob and Abraham in them. Several generations of ancestors and descendants are given for the various family surnames.

Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping

Número de Páginas: 1212

Education and Social Change

Autor: Amanda Coffey

Número de Páginas: 164

* How has education been transformed over recent decades? * What is the relationship between education and the state in contemporary society? * What are the consequences of educational change for schools, teachers, parents and learners? Education and Social Change undertakes a systematic sociological analysis of contemporary educational policy and practice. In doing so it charts the substantial and significant changes that education systems have undergone over recent decades, and places them within a broader context of social change. Thematically structured, the book brings together a diverse body of material from the sociology of education to provide a coherent and logical text. It takes a comprehensive approach, summarizing transformations that have occurred in educational policy, and addressing the consequences for institutions as well as for teachers, parents and learners. The author explores the complex and changing relationships between the state and the processes and practices of education. She also stresses the importance of educational experiences for the (re)production of collective and individual biographies. The result is an invaluable text for sociology and social...

The Journal of African American History

Número de Páginas: 1072

British Education Index

Número de Páginas: 768

Journal of Borderlands Studies

Número de Páginas: 412

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Program

Autor: American Educational Research Association

Número de Páginas: 562

Forthcoming Books

Autor: Rose Arny

Número de Páginas: 1736

Including Parents?

Autor: Carol Vincent

Número de Páginas: 184

It is acknowledged that effective schools involve parents effectively. Carol Vincent describes the motivation and exeriences of parents involved in a variety of grass-roots groups organising around educational issues.

Annual Meeting Program

Autor: American Educational Research Association

Número de Páginas: 544

Studies

Número de Páginas: 524

Includes section "Review of books".

Inclucity - Utopie einer Stadt für Alle

Autor: Phillip Nothdurft

Número de Páginas: 91

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Heilpädagogik, Sonderpädagogik, Note: 1,3, Universität zu Köln (Heilpädagogische Fakultät, Seminar für Geistigbehindertenpädagogik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Einleitend möchte ich zunächst etwas zur Genese des Begriff ′Inclucity′ sagen, um dann meine Motivation, mich mit dem Thema zu befassen, offen zu legen. Der Begriff ′Inclucity′ ist eine Wortschöpfung und setzt sich aus den englischen Worten ′Inclusion′ und ′City′ zusammen. Beide Wörter stehen auch in der deutschen Sprache zur Verfügung: ′Inklusion′ und ′Stadt′. Ich habe mich aber, vor allem aus drei Gründen, für die englischen Wörter entschieden. Erstens beruht die Idee zu diese Arbeit z.T. auf der Mitarbeit in einem Projekt an der Heilpädagogischen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln, das den Titel ′Inclucity Cologne and Fureai Wing Project′ trägt und sich mit der Frage befasst, ob Köln eine ′Stadt für Alle′ ist. Ich lehne mich mit dem Titel an das Projekt an. Zum zweiten ist die Idee der Inclusion (auf die ich im zweiten Kapitel differenzierter eingehen werde) maßgeblich im anglo-sächsischen Raum geprägt...

Colour Power

Autor: National Gallery Of Victoria , Judith Ryan

Número de Páginas: 166

This book celebrates Aboriginal art of the 'New Wave': the daring and visionary use of colour by indigenous artists throughout Australia. It encompasess work by a diversity of outstanding artists and represents indigenous art-producing communities around Australia.