Disability and the Dilemmas of Education and Justice

Disability and the Dilemmas of Education and Justice
Author: Carol Christensen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Draws on philosophy, sociology, psychology, history, and other disciplines to analyze issues concerning the relationship between disability, social justice, and education. The 11 essays illustrate the limitation of the distributive views of social justice as they relate to the education of people with disabilities, and demonstrate the importance of such issues as difference, representation, and recognition. Of interest to social workers and policy makers as well as educators. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Dilemmas of Difference, Inclusion and Disability

Dilemmas of Difference, Inclusion and Disability
Author: Brahm Norwich
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2007-09-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113415089X

This ground-breaking book examines professional educators and administrators at national and local authority level in England, the USA and the Netherlands and questions how they recognise tensions or dilemmas in responding to student differences.

Academic Ableism

Academic Ableism
Author: Jay Dolmage
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 047205371X

Places notions of disability at the center of higher education and argues that inclusiveness allows for a better education for everyone

Disability Studies in Education

Disability Studies in Education
Author: Susan Lynn Gabel
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780820455495

As a field of inquiry, disability studies in education stands at the broad intersection of disability studies and educational studies. This book introduces graduate students, educational researchers, and teacher educators to the range of scholarly inquiry emerging from this exciting new field. Susan L. Gabel pulls together a sampling of the vast array of available scholarship that includes readings that intersect curriculum theory, critical policy analysis, personal narrative, and much more. Although disability studies in education has only recently been recognized as a field of inquiry with an identifiable body of literature, the chapters in this book present the work of some of the major scholars of disability studies in education.

Inclusive Education: Global Issues and Controversies

Inclusive Education: Global Issues and Controversies
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2020-06-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9004431179

This volume brings together some thought provoking discussions on inclusive education within the current education climate. Is inclusive education worth pursuing or is the fervour for its implementation subsiding as the realities of its challenges are understood?

Amartya Sen's Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education

Amartya Sen's Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education
Author: Melanie Walker
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2007-07-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0230604811

This compelling book introduces Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's capability approach and explores its significance for theory, policy and practice in education. The book looks particularly at questions concerning the education of children, gender equality, and higher education. Contributors hail from the UK, USA, Australia, Italy and Mexico.

Disability Studies

Disability Studies
Author: Dan Goodley
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2012-08-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1446248283

This introduction to disability studies represents a clear, engaging and consistently thought-provoking study of the field. The book discusses the global nature of disability studies and disability politics, introduces key debates in the field and represents the intersections of disability studies with feminist, class, queer and postcolonial analyses. The book has a clear and coherent format which matches the interdisciplinary framework of disability studies - including chapters on sociology, critical psychology, discourse analysis, psychoanalysis and education. Sitting alongside discussions on the global and glocal significance of disability studies these chapters include: Society: Sociological disability studies Individuals: De-psychologising disability studies Psychology: Critical psychological disability studies Culture: Psychoanalytic disability studies Education: Inclusive disability studies Each chapter engages with important areas of analysis such as the individual, society, community and education to explore the realities of oppression experienced by disabled people and to develop the possibilities for addressing it. Broad, dynamic and interdisciplinary in scope this book will be crucial reading for students, researchers and practitioners alike.

Disability in Higher Education

Disability in Higher Education
Author: Nancy J. Evans
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2017-03-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118018222

Create campuses inclusive and supportive of disabled students, staff, and faculty Disability in Higher Education: A Social Justice Approach examines how disability is conceptualized in higher education and ways in which students, faculty, and staff with disabilities are viewed and served on college campuses. Drawing on multiple theoretical frameworks, research, and experience creating inclusive campuses, this text offers a new framework for understanding disability using a social justice lens. Many institutions focus solely on legal access and accommodation, enabling a system of exclusion and oppression. However, using principles of universal design, social justice, and other inclusive practices, campus environments can be transformed into more inclusive and equitable settings for all constituents. The authors consider the experiences of students, faculty, and staff with disabilities and offer strategies for addressing ableism within a variety of settings, including classrooms, residence halls, admissions and orientation, student organizations, career development, and counseling. They also expand traditional student affairs understandings of disability issues by including chapters on technology, law, theory, and disability services. Using social justice principles, the discussion spans the entire college experience of individuals with disabilities, and avoids any single-issue focus such as physical accessibility or classroom accommodations. The book will help readers: Consider issues in addition to access and accommodation Use principles of universal design to benefit students and employees in academic, cocurricular, and employment settings Understand how disability interacts with multiple aspects of identity and experience. Despite their best intentions, college personnel frequently approach disability from the singular perspective of access to the exclusion of other important issues. This book provides strategies for addressing ableism in the assumptions, policies and practices, organizational structures, attitudes, and physical structures of higher education.

Disabled Justice?

Disabled Justice?
Author: Eilionóir Flynn
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2015-03-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1472418611

Disability offers a new lens through which to view the effectiveness of access to justice, and the inclusiveness of the justice system as a whole. This book analyses the experience of people with disabilities through the entire justice system, from making a complaint, to investigation, and through the court/tribunal process. It also considers the participation of people with disabilities in a variety of roles in the justice system - as witness, defendant, complainant, plaintiff, lawyer, judge and juror. More broadly, it also critically examines the subtle barriers of access to justice which might exist in a given society - including barriers to grassroots disability advocacy, legal education and training, the right to vote and the right to stand for election which may apply to people with disabilities. The book is international and comparative in scope with a focus primarily on examples of legal practice and justice systems in common law countries. The work will be of interest to scholars working in the areas of human rights, equality and non-discrimination, disability rights activists and legal professionals who work with people with disabilities to achieve access to justice.