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Kliewer, Christopher

 
9780807737316: Schooling Children With Down Syndrome: Toward an Understanding of Possibility
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0807737313 ISBN 13 : 9780807737316
Editeur : Teachers' College Press, 1998

Synopsis

This engrossing volume explores Down syndrome and disability in the cultural context of school. The author traces the history of community banishment inflicted on people with Down syndrome, exposes artifacts of this history in certain contemporary school practices, and then, based on extensive fieldwork, describes numerous school contexts currently resisting traditions of segregation. Using real classroom examples, the book analyzes restructured educational communities in which the meaning of mental retardation is directly challenged. Some of the issues addressed include literacy and language, friendship, behavior, and the cultural construction of disability. The author ends with a call for the elimination of segregated schooling.

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À propos de l'auteur

Christopher Kliewer is an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.

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Éditeur
Teachers' College Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0807737313
ISBN 13 
9780807737316
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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