Who Benefits From Special Education
Subtitle: Remediating (fixing) Other People's Children (Studies in Curriculum Theory) (Studies in Curriculum Theory)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: October 26, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780805855289
Subjects: Philosophy of education; Teaching of those with special educational needs; Education; Education / Teaching; Aims & Objectives; Educational Policy & Reform; Special Education - General; Education / Educational Reform; Education / Special Education / General; General; Children with disabilities; Special education; United States
Description: "Who Benefits From Special Education? Remediating (Fixing) Other People's Children addresses the negative consequences of labeling and separating education for students with "disabilities," the cultural biases inherent in the way that we view children's learning difficulties, the social construction of disability, the commercialization of special education, and related issues."--Jacket.