Disability classification in education : issues and perspectives /: issues and perspectives. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lani Florian, Margaret J. McLaughlin, editors.
• Other Names: Florian, Lani; McLaughlin, Margaret J
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Part I. International and Cross-National Contexts Within the Current Use of Disability Classification; 1. Disability Classification in Education - Lani Florian, Margaret J. McLaughlin; The Purpose of the Book; Structure of the Book; 2. Cross-National Comparisons of Special Education Classification Systems - Judith Hollenweger; Approaches to Develop Indicators Relevant to Special Needs Education; 3. A Supply Side Approach for a Resource-Based Classification System - Serge Ebersold, Peter Evans; A Resource-Based Approach From a Comparative Perspective; A Resource-Based Approach for Policy Monitoring; 4. Evolving Dilemmas About Categorization - Klaus Wedell; Categorization in a Historical Perspective; Recent Conceptualizations of Categorization; 5. Disability Classification, Categorization in Education: A US Perspective - Philip J. Burke, Kristin Ruedel; Prior to 1975; The Hobbs Report; IDEA; 6A. Implications for Human and Civil Rights Entitlements: Stigma, Stereotypes, and Civil Rights in Disability Classification Systems - Diana Pullin; Use of Classifications in Law; Diminishing Disability; 6B. Implications for Human and Civil Rights Entitlements: Disability Classification Systems and the Law of Special Education - Diana Pullin; Applying IDEA Classifications; IDEA and the No Child Left Behind Act; New Contexts for Classification; 7. The Classification of Pupils at the Educational Margins in Scotland: Shifting Categories and Frameworks - Sheila Riddell; SEN Policy Frameworks; Policy Frameworks and Classification Systems; Policy Outcomes: Special Education and the Classification of Children in Scotland; The Impact of Disability Legislation in Scotland; The Education (Additional Support for Learning)(Scotland) Act 2004; Identifying Children With Additional Support Needs; Rights of Appeal, Adjudication, and Mediation; Inclusion and Additional Support for Learning; Part II. Interaction and Impacts of Classification Policies on Educational Systems; 8. Perspectives and Purposes of Disability Classification Systems: Implications for Teachers and Curriculum and Pedagogy - Brahm Norwich; Different Kinds of Classifications; Are Categories of Disabilities and Difficulties Used in Special Education Relevant to Teaching?; Implications for Classification of Special Educational Needs; Concluding Comments; 9. Disability Classification and Teacher Education - Michael L. Hardman, John McDonnell; Preparing Teachers by Disability Category; Beyond Disability Categories: Preparing All Teachers for a Standards-Driven System; 10. Disproportionality in Special Education: A Transatlantic Phenomenon - Alan Dyson, Elizabeth Kozleski; Disproportionality in Special Education in the USA; Disproportionality in Special Education in England; Disproportionality in Two Countries; 11. Classification of Children With Disabilities in the Context of Performance-Based Educational Reform? An Unintended Classification System - Katherine Nagle, Martha L. Thurlow; Background; Performance-Based Accountability: A New Classification System; Part III. New Approaches to the Classification Dilemma; 12. International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health - Rune J. Simeonsson, Nancy E. Simeonsson, Judith Hollenweger; Defining and Classifying Childhood Disability; Classification Problems in Education; The Dimensional Paradigm of Disability; Toward a Common Language of Disability in Special Education; 13. Learning Disabilities in the United States: Operationalizing a Construct - Deborah L. Speece; 14. Beyond the Dilemma of Difference: The Capability Approach on Disability and Special Educational Needs - Lorella Terzi; Conceptualizing Differences in Education: Disability and Special Educational Needs; Reconceptualizing Disability: The Capability Approach; Beyond the Dilemma of Difference: The Capability Approach in Education; 15. Concluding Thoughts: On Perspectives and Purposes of Disability Classification Systems in Education - Martyn Rouse, Kelly Henderson, Lou Danielson; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages)
• Subjects: 371.9/043; Children with disabilities -- Education -- Congresses; Children with disabilities -- Classification -- Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452280677; 1452280673
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