Comparing Special Education: Origins to Contemporary Paradoxes

Comparing Special Education: Origins to Contemporary Paradoxes
ISBN-10
0804779139
ISBN-13
9780804779135
Category
Education
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
2011-05-17
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Authors
John G. Richardson, Justin J.W. Powell

Description

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.

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