Education and disability in cross-cultural perspective
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Education and disability in cross-cultural perspective
(Garland reference library of social science, v. 630 . Reference books in international education ; v. 25)
Garland Pub., 1993
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A radical departure from previous chronicles of education for people with disabilities, this book views special education from a broader perspective. Its central thesis is that cultural values and expectations play a dominant role in understanding the structure and function of special education. While theories of the social construction of disability have been written about in a growing body of research since the 1960s, no attempt has been made to create a cross-cultural framework. This work offers such a framework. Eight chapters, written by educators in each country's educational system cover the following nations: China, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, Iran, Pakistan, United States, and Zimbabwe. Historical discussions in each chapter provide a context for current practice. An index and illustrations are also included.
Table of Contents
- 1: Introduction: Disabled People or Disabling Society?
- 2: An Ideological-Cultural Framework for the Study of Disability
- 3: Disability and Education: Some Observations on England and Wales
- 4: Education and Disability in Hungary
- 5: Education and Special Education in Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Islamic Republic of Iran
- 6: Current Developments and the Problems of Culture and Special Education in Japan
- 7: Education and Disability in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Pakistan
- 8: Special Education in Cross-Cultural Perspective: People's Republic of China
- 9: Education and Disability in Cross-Cultural Perspective: The United States
- 10: Education and Disability: Challenge and Opportunity
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