Special Education in Context

Klappentext Originally published in 1989, this unique study into the severely retarded residents of a US state school argued for a change in the approach to developmental disability. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1989! Special Education in Context is an important and thought-provoking book. An ethnographic study of five years in the daily lives of the severely and profoundly mentally retarded residents of a state school in the United States! it was unique in its attempt to interpret their experience in their own terms and from their own perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. An institution in transition; 2. The perspective of the residents; 3. Residents on their own; 4. Residents' participation in programs; 5. Summary: inquiry, knowledge and practice; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Joseph Gleason, Gleason John Joseph
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521125857
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12585-7
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Teaching of students with different educational needs