Comparing Special Education - John G. Richardson, Justin J.W. Powell

Comparing Special Education

Origins to Contemporary Paradoxes
Buch | Hardcover
360 Seiten
2011
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8047-6073-7 (ISBN)
82,30 inkl. MwSt
Comparing Special Education unites in-depth comparative and historical studies with analyses of global trends to uncover similarities and differences found in special education systems around the world.
In today's schools the number of students who receive additional resources to access the curriculum is growing rapidly, and the ongoing expansion of special education is among the most significant worldwide educational developments of the past century. Yet even among developed democracies the range of access varies hugely, from one student in twenty to one student in three. In contemporary conflicts about educational standards and accountability, special education plays a key role as it draws the boundaries between exclusion and inclusion.


Comparing Special Education unites in-depth comparative and historical studies with analyses of global trends, with a particular focus on special and inclusive education in the United States, England, France, and Germany. The authors examine the causes and consequences of various institutional and organizational developments, illustrate differences in forms of educational governance and social policy priorities, and highlight the evolution of social logics from segregation of students with special educational needs to their inclusion in local schools.

John Richardson is Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University. He is the author of Common, Delinquent, and Special: The Institutional Shape of Special Education (1999). Justin J. W. Powell is Senior Research Fellow at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Germany. He is the author of Barriers to Inclusion: Special Education in the United States and Germany (2010).

Zusatzinfo 18 tables, 6 figures
Verlagsort Palo Alto
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 612 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
ISBN-10 0-8047-6073-X / 080476073X
ISBN-13 978-0-8047-6073-7 / 9780804760737
Zustand Neuware
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