Beyond Equality in the American Classroom (eBook)

The Case for Inclusive Education

Eric Shyman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
386 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-7750-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book addresses the need for more scholastically based attention to the discussion and practice of inclusive education for individuals with exceptionality. Drawing on historical, educational, and legislative perspectives, this book provides a treatise on both the philosophy and implementation of inclusive education in American schools.

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Beyond Equality in the American Classroom: The Case for Inclusive Education addresses the basis of inclusive education for students with exceptionalities from the perspective of social justice and scholarship-activism. Drawing on historical, legislative, and philosophical references, this book builds the case for including individuals with exceptionalities in general education classrooms as a matter of social justice and civil rights. Providing a comprehensive foundation for exploring the concept of inclusive education scholastically, Shyman provides a well-organized and clearly-structured treatise for both the philosophy of inclusive education as well as a means of putting inclusive education into practice in American schools. With pointed critiques of the current trend of standardization and traditionalization in the current educational climate, a new philosophy for addressing inclusive education is put forth. The book is both readable and scholastically legitimate, and can be adapted for personal academic use or as a teaching tool for undergraduate or graduate classes in the areas of education, philosophy and sociology.

Autor

Eric Shyman currently serves as assistant professor on the faculty of the Special Education Department at Dowling College in Oakdale, NY.

Inhalt

IntroductionPart I. Establishing the Historical Perspective of ExceptionalityChapter 1: Conceptions of Exceptionality: Biblical Times through the Middle AgesChapter 2: The Educational Development of Children with Exceptionalities: 18th Century and BeyondChapter 3: Social and Legislative Histories of People with ExceptionalitiesChapter 4: Legitimizing the Field through Formal Thinking: The Development of Studies in ExceptionalityPart II. Establishing the Philosophical Perspective of ExceptionalityChapter 5: The Western PhilosophersChapter 6: Exploring Concepts of JusticeChapter 7: Contextualizing Social Justice within ExceptionalityPart III. Establishing the Polemic for Inclusive EducationChapter 8: The Development of the Concept of InclusionChapter 9: Implementing Inclusive Education in Schools with a Positive TrajectoryChapter 10: Addressing the Challenges of the Treatise

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.7.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: disability advocacy • Disability Education • Education • education and society • Special education
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-7750-8 / 0739177508
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7750-1 / 9780739177501