Special Education in the 21st Century

Edited by Margret A. Winzer & Kaz Mazurek

Categories: Deaf Education, Disability Studies
Imprint: Gallaudet University Press
Hardcover : 9781563681004, 272 pages, November 2000
Ebook : 9781563681790, 272 pages, October 2009
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Description

In the late 20th century, a tidal wave of calls for reform and inclusion of special needs students swept over public special education. The current debates over implementing these themes today are authoritatively addressed by 19 distinguished scholars in this thorough volume. Organized into three cohesive sections, it begins with the issues of educational reform and the emerging discourses of disability and integration in the inclusion movement. Respective chapters appraise specific arguments for inclusion and the federal legislation and litigation surrounding and supporting special education.

       The second part features the thorny issue of assessment, the technological revolution in special education, and the disposition of teacher training. The third section scrutinizes the inclusion of various populations of students with exceptional needs, particularly how teachers can make an easy transition from ideology to educational practice.

       Special Education in the 21st Century sets the standard for extrapolating future directions by wisely weighing classroom practices for different groups and the technical problems of resources, management, social groupings, instructional design, and the supposition that teachers will automatically change to accommodate an even greater diversity of learners.

 

Margret A. Winzer is a former professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Lethbridge in Canada.

Kas Mazurek is a professor with the Faculty of Education at the University of Lethbridge in Canada.