The Sage handbook of special education
By: edited by Lani Florian.
Contributors: Florian, Lani.; Sage Publications, inc.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9781412907286
Subjects: Special education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Special education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reimagining special education -- Lani Florian; title: Confronting difference : an excursion through the history of special education -- Margret A. Winzer; title: A sociology of special education -- Sheila Riddell; title: Forms of provision and models of service delivery -- Jennifer Evans; title: Categories of special educational needs -- Brahm Norwich; title: The disproportionate placement of ethnic minorities in special education -- Beth Harry; title: Changing perspectives of special education in the evolving context of education reform -- Martyn Rouse and Margaret J. McLaughlin; title: Disability rights in education -- Marcia Rioux; title: Inclusion as a strategy for achieving education for all -- Susan Peters; title: Learning from difference : sharing international experiences of developments in inclusive education -- Susie Miles and Anupam Ahuja; title: From special education to effective schools for all : a review of progress so far -- Mel Ainscow; title: Inclusive schooling as a means and end of education? -- Roger Slee; title: Perspectives shaping and challenging research approaches in special education -- James L. Paul, Kathleen Fowler, and Ann Cranston-Gingras; title: Advances in research on teaching students who experience difficulties in learning : grappling with the issue of access to the general curriculum -- Russell Gersten and Lana Edwards Santoro; title: Quantitative research synthesis : meta-analysis of research on meeting special educational needs -- Kenneth A. Kavale; title: Research and pupil voice -- Ann Lewis and Jill Porter; title: 'Emancipatory' disability research and special educational needs -- Colin Barnes and Alison Sheldon; title: An epistemology of special education -- Gary Thomas; title: Behavioral theory and practice : current and future issues -- John W. Maag; title: Constructivist views of learning : implications for inclusive education -- Judy W. Kugelmass; title: Sociocultural views of learning -- J.S. de Valenzuela; title: Curriculum considerations in meeting special educational needs -- Richard Rose; title: Curriculum-based measurement in reading and math : providing rigorous outcomes to support learning -- Julie Alonzo, Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller and Gerald Tindal; title: Self-assessment as a lens for learning -- Roseanna Bourke and Mandia Mentis; title: Policy, legal, and implementation issues surrounding assessment accommodations for students with disabilities / dr Martha L. Thurlow, Sandra J. Thompson, and Christopher J. Johnstone --; title: Teaching and learning in the early years -- Susan A. Fowler, Michaelene M. Ostrosky and Tweety J. Yates; title: Teaching elementary students who experience difficulties in learning -- Sharon Vaughn, Jeanne Wanzek and Carolyn A. Denton; title: Teaching and learning in secondary education -- John McDonnell, Michael L. Hardman and Jayne McGuire; title: Postsecondary education -- Stan F. Shaw; title: Lifelong learning and quality of life -- Lesley Dee; title: Collaborative teaching : critique of the scientific evidence -- Jacqueline S. Thousand, Ann I. Nevin and Richard A. Villa; title: Teacher assistants in inclusive schools -- Michael F. Giangreco and Mary Beth Doyle; title: New machines and new agendas : the changing nature of special education technology research -- John Woodward and Ralph Ferretti; title: Peer-mediated programs to strengthen classroom instruction : cooperative learning, reciprocal teaching, classwide peer tutoring and peer-assisted learning strategies -- Eric Dion, Douglas Fuchs and Lynn S. Fuchs; title: The friendships and peer relationships of children and young people who experience difficulties in learning -- Dawn B. Male; title: Leadership for social justice and inclusion -- Katharine Shepherd and Susan Brody Hasazi; title: What do teachers need to know about meeting special educational needs? -- Ruth Kershner; title: Learning without limits : constructing a pedagogy free from determinist beliefs about ability -- Susan Hart, Mary Jane Drummond and Donald McIntyre; title: Challenging orthodoxy in special education : on longstanding debates and philosophical divides -- Deborah J. Gallagher; title: Special education and its contribution to the broader discourse of education-- Seamus Hegarty.