Dismantling The Disabling Environments Of Education

Author : Peter Smagorinsky,Joseph Tobin,Kyunghwa Lee
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Children with disabilities
ISBN : 1433163160

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Dismantling the Disabling Environments of Education by Peter Smagorinsky,Joseph Tobin,Kyunghwa Lee Pdf

Dismantling the Disabling Environments of Education: Creating New Cultures and Contexts for Accommodating Difference challenges assumptions that view people of difference to be "abnormal," that isolate attention to their difference solely in the individual, that treat areas of difference as matters of deficiency, and that separate youth of difference from the mainstream and treat them as pathologized. As outsiders to mainstream special education, the authors of this collection take a more social and cultural perspective that views the surrounding social environment as at least as problematic as any point of difference in any individual. Most of the scholars contributing to this volume work with preservice and inservice teachers and grapple with issues of curriculum and pedagogy. One of the primary audiences we hope to reach with this book is our colleagues and practitioners who have not made special education or disability studies the focus of their careers, but who, like we, are determined to engage with the full range of people who attend schools. Dismantling the Disabling Environments of Education: Creating New Cultures and Contexts for Accommodating Difference can be a valuable text for undergraduate and graduate courses in teacher education, as it addresses key issues of inclusion, diversity, equity, and differentiated approaches to educating the full range of students.

Author : Peter Smagorinsky
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000985221

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L. S. Vygotsky and English in Education and the Language Arts by Peter Smagorinsky Pdf

L. S. Vygotsky and English in Education and the Language Arts focuses on the hugely significant contributions of L. S. Vygotsky to research, theory, and practice in English and the Language Arts, exploring the relevance of Vygotsky’s works for today’s teachers and researchers. Drawing on his 30 years of study, Smagorinsky interprets Vygotsky in relation to literacy education, teacher education, special education, and how life outside school has an impact on how people function within them. This insightful and accessible text firstly explores Vygotsky’s early life to situate him historically and culturally and goes on to trace his understanding of human psychology as it relates to the social contexts of schools and pupils’ lives at home. Vygotsky’s pedagogical ideas are then discussed in depth, with specific attention on the role of emotions, the zone of proximal development, expanding textuality beyond writing, and his belief in the primacy of socialization. This book illuminates new areas of understanding, and challenges common perceptions available through limited and selective readings, establishing Vygotsky as a complex developmental psychologist rather than a classroom practitioner. With points for discussion and reflection provided throughout, this text will be invaluable for student teachers, teachers, and academics in the field of English and the Language Arts.

Author : Allison Skerrett,Peter Smagorinsky
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781071886601

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Teaching Literacy in Troubled Times by Allison Skerrett,Peter Smagorinsky Pdf

"Upending deficit narrative of learning loss, combating broken approaches to racial equity, and wading deep into the contested waters of democratic principles of learning within today’s schools, Dr. Skerrett and Dr. Smagorinsky offer an accessible guidebook for making our classrooms sites of justice and joy. Perhaps most importantly, theirs is a book that reveals classroom practices as they really are--the voices of teachers are situated as co-authors in this important journey. I cannot think of a more timely or relevant book for English educators than Teaching Literacy in Troubled Times." — Antero Garcia, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University Relevant instruction to move education forward instead of "back to normal" Educators often bemoan the so-called learning gap that followed the upheaval to schooling in 2020, but the real learning gap will occur if the watershed events and social shifts of the early 2020s are not integrated into school instruction and learning. For today’s learning to be relevant to today’s students, it must reflect their lives and the true social worlds they inhabit. But how? Teaching Literacy in Troubled Times empowers educators to engage students in critical thinking, literacy activities, and inquiry to investigate the personal and social issues of pressing importance to today’s middle and high school students. Six units of study, each co-authored by a teacher who road-tested the activities in their own classroom, guide teachers through the process of teaching literacy around the topics of identity, social inequity, global justice, empathy, racism and racial literacy, and conflicting ideas of patriotism. This urgent, timely guide to creating a relevant classroom includes: Instructional methods, content knowledge, and learning activities for each unit that engage students in critical inquiry and social action. Insights and guidance from teachers who put the full unit plans in action with students. Reflection questions to help teachers envision the work in their own classrooms. Templates, rubrics, examples of student work, and other tools that help teachers to plan and implement activities that grow students’ capacity to understand and act in society. Prime your students with the critical thinking, investigative, and communicative skills they need to connect themselves to broader social movements and create a new generation of educated changemakers.

Author : Elizabeth Birr Moje,Peter P. Afflerbach,Patricia Enciso,Nonie K Lesaux
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317384762

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Handbook of Reading Research, Volume V by Elizabeth Birr Moje,Peter P. Afflerbach,Patricia Enciso,Nonie K Lesaux Pdf

In a time of pressures, challenges, and threats to public education, teacher preparation, and funding for educational research, the fifth volume of the Handbook of Reading Research takes a hard look at why we undertake reading research, how school structures, contexts and policies shape students’ learning, and, most importantly, how we can realize greater impact from the research conducted. A comprehensive volume, with a "gaps and game changers" frame, this handbook not only synthesizes current reading research literature, but also informs promising directions for research, pushing readers to address problems and challenges in research design or method. Bringing the field authoritatively and comprehensively up-to-date since the publication of the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV, this volume presents multiple perspectives that will facilitate new research development, tackling topics including: Diverse student populations and sociocultural perspectives on reading development Digital innovation, literacies, and platforms Conceptions of teachers, reading, readers, and texts, and the role of affect, cognition, and social-emotional learning in the reading process New methods for researching reading instruction, with attention to equity, inclusion, and education policies Language development and reading comprehension Instructional practices to promote reading development and comprehension for diverse groups of readers Each volume of this handbook has come to define the field for the period of time it covers, and this volume is no exception, providing a definitive compilation of current reading research. This is a must-have resource for all students, teachers, reading specialists, and researchers focused on and interested in reading and literacy research, and improving both instruction and programs to cultivate strong readers and teachers.

Author : Elizabeth A. Kahn,Andrew Bouque,Dawn Forde,Thomas M. McCann,Carolyn C. Walter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475850369

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Inquiry Paths to Literacy Learning by Elizabeth A. Kahn,Andrew Bouque,Dawn Forde,Thomas M. McCann,Carolyn C. Walter Pdf

Inquiry Paths to Literacy Learning, a collection of chapters from secondary teachers and university researchers, offers English language arts teachers several models and considerations for how to design and implement inquiry-based teaching and learning. As the contributors demonstrate, an inquiry approach can significantly boost student achievement, understanding, and transfer of learning. The chapters in this collection present classroom-tested approaches, activities, and assignments that teachers can use right away, but that also serve as models for designing learning experiences that most engage and benefit learners. Focusing on issues that adolescents find consequential, the sample learning activities promote the development of complex literacy skills, engage students in evidence-based reasoning, and foster an environment of cooperation, collaboration, and respect for different points of view. Together, the contributions in this book envision the English language arts classroom as a supportive environment for authentic inquiry and for the genuine democratic processes involved in grappling together with tough perennial and contemporary issues.

Author : John Swain,Sally French,Colin Barnes,Carol Thomas
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446296684

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Disabling Barriers - Enabling Environments by John Swain,Sally French,Colin Barnes,Carol Thomas Pdf

Since it was first published in 1993, Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments has established itself as essential reading for anyone coming to the subject of disability studies. The book tackles a wide range of issues in numerous succinct chapters written by contributing authors, many of whom are disabled themselves. From the outset, the chapters take a multidisciplinary and international approach. The third edition is made up of 42 chapters, 15 of which are completely new to this edition, including: · Early seminal writings in disabled studies · Death and dying · Psychology · Hate crime and the criminal justice system · Sport · Psycho-emotional disablism and internal oppression. This seminal textbook conveys the continuing developments in the lives and experiences of disabled people. It is valuable reading for students and professionals in the fields of social work, sociology, social policy, health and nursing as well as disabled people.

Author : Kathryn Underwood
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789087902223

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The Construction of Disability in our Schools by Kathryn Underwood Pdf

This book is about the meaning of disability in schools. The experience of children with disabilities in schools has undergone substantial change over the last twenty years (and more) with many children who would have once been living in institutions now going to school alongside their peers. With this monumental shift and the continuing increased participation of people with disabilities, one might wonder what disability means.

Author : Gillian Fulcher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317360568

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Disabling Policies? by Gillian Fulcher Pdf

First published in 1989, this book is about integrating or mainstreaming policies, looking specifically at how to improve circumstances for schoolchildren with disabilities or handicaps, and their teachers. The author draws on her experiences, both within and outside the academic institution, to conceptualise and theorise policy, so as to place this policy in a political framework and locate it in a wider model of social life. This model is then used to disentangle the nature and effects of policy practices surrounding integration and mainstreaming, looking at practice in various parts of Europe, the US and Australia, at that time. Although written at the end of the 1980s, this book discusses topics that are still relevant today.

Author : Luigi Iannacci
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781498542760

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Reconceptualizing Disability in Education by Luigi Iannacci Pdf

Reconceptualizing Disability in Education provides an essential critical exploration of problematic discourses, practices, and pedagogies that inform how disability is presently understood and responded to within the field of education. Luigi Iannacci interrogates and destabilizes ableist grand narratives that dominate every aspect of how disability is linguistically, bureaucratically, procedurally, and pedagogically configured within education. Ultimately, this book seeks to forward human rights for people with disabilities in educational contexts by clarifying and operationalizing inclusion so that it is not just a model necessitated by a hierarchy of legality, but rather a set of beliefs and practices based on critical analyses and a reconceptualization of current understandings and responses to disability that prevent inclusion and human rights from being realized. As the book is grounded in reconceptualist theorizing, it draws on multiple perspectives—including critical disability theory, post-modernism, critical theory, critical pedagogy, and social constructivism—to deconstruct and destabilize what is currently taken for granted about disability and those ascribed disabled identities within education. A variety of personal, professional, research experiences and data are offered and drawn on to critically address questions regarding philosophical, epistemological, pedagogical, organizational, economic, and leadership issues as they relate to disability in education. Critical incidents, interviews, documents, and artifacts are drawn on and narratively presented to explore how disability is presently configured in language, identification, and placement processes, discourses, pedagogies, and interactions with students deemed disabled, as well as their parents/caregivers. This critical narrative approach fosters alternative ways of thinking, speaking, being, and doing that forward a human rights focused model of disability that sees as its mandate the amelioration of people with disabilities within education.

Author : Alison Kearney
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789460914997

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Exclusion from and Within School by Alison Kearney Pdf

As societies become more diverse, so too must they become more inclusive. In inclusive societies, all members, regardless of their ethnicity, religion, socio-economic status, ability or disability are valued and free to participate, and there is equity of access and reward. Schools have a powerful role to play in creating inclusive societies, and this begins with the notion of inclusive schools - schools were all children belong, where all children have a place, and where difference is a natural part of what it is to be a human being. Based on this understanding, many countries around the world are moving towards more inclusive education systems. However, working against inclusive education are forces of exclusion – factors that act to exclude and marginalize minority students from participation and learning at school. Therefore, in order to progress the principles and practices of inclusive education, an examination of the construct of exclusion is critical. Important questions to be interrogated if inclusive education is to be a reality are: What is exclusion? Why does it occur? How can it be reduced and eliminated? This book critically examines the construct of exclusion, exploring how disabled students experience exclusion both from and within school and suggesting reasons why this occurs. Finally, key foci for change are proposed as platforms for interrogating, reducing and eliminating the forces of exclusion.

Author : Zachary Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Discrimination in education
ISBN : 1760946346

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Dismantling a Broken System by Zachary Wright Pdf

"Many education systems are tainted and remain tinged by a history of racism and discrimination. America's education system is one of those. Traditional education approaches lead to learning environments that exclude a substantial portion of the student population. Author Zachary Wright, with his book Dismantling a Broken System: Actions to Bridge the Opportunity, Equity, and Justice Gap in American Education, exposes this system, shows its through line in history, and seeks to dismantle the rigged system with inclusion and equity in its place. With ideas for hyperlocal activism, a breakdown of educational funding and how to make it more equitable, and an examination of culturally responsive instruction, Dismantling a Broken System can help readers deconstruct the system that perpetuates so much inequity and trauma"--

Author : Richard A. Villa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015021526275

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Restructuring for Caring and Effective Education by Richard A. Villa Pdf

Author : Robert F. Drake
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349273119

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Understanding Disability Policies by Robert F. Drake Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the development and consequences of disability policies, contrasting policies grounded in medical definitions of disability with a 'social model' of disability supported by disability rights campaigners in their pursuit of anti-discrimination legislation. British policies are set in comparative context, and the impacts of policy on disabled people according to their class, gender, age and ethnicity are explored.

Author : Tamar Heller,Sarah Parker Harris,Carol J. Gill,Robert Gould
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9798216074830

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Disability in American Life [2 volumes] by Tamar Heller,Sarah Parker Harris,Carol J. Gill,Robert Gould Pdf

Disability—as with other marginalized topics in social policy—is at risk for exclusion from social debate. This multivolume reference work provides an overview of challenges and opportunities for people with disabilities and their families at all stages of life. Once primarily thought of as a medical issue, disability is now more widely recognized as a critical issue of identity, personhood, and social justice. By discussing challenges confronting people with disabilities and their families and by collecting numerous accounts of disability experiences, this volume firmly situates disability within broader social movements, policy, and areas of marginalization, providing a critical examination into the lived experiences of people with disabilities and how disability can affect identity. A foundational introduction to disability for a wide audience—from those intimately connected with a person with a disability to those interested in the science behind disability—this collection covers all aspects of disability critical to understanding disability in the United States. Topics covered include characteristics of disability; disability concepts, models, and theories; important historical developments and milestones for people with disabilities; prominent individuals, organizations, and agencies; notable policies and services; and intersections of disability policy with other policy.

Author : Williams, Richard D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799888628

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Handbook of Research on Challenging Deficit Thinking for Exceptional Education Improvement by Williams, Richard D. Pdf

Exceptional education, also known as special education, is often grounded within exclusive and deficit mindsets and practices. Research has shown perpetual challenges with disproportionate identification of culturally and linguistically diverse students, especially Black and Indigenous students. Research has also shown perpetual use of inappropriate placement in more restrictive learning environments for marginalized students, often starting in Pre-K. Exceptional education practitioners often engage in practices that place disability before ability in instruction, behavior management, identification and use of related services, and educational setting placement decisions. These practices, among others, have resulted in a crippled system that situates students with exceptionalities in perceptions of deviance, ineptitude, and perpetuate systemic oppression. The Handbook of Research on Challenging Deficit Thinking for Exceptional Education Improvement unites current theory and practices to communicate the next steps to end the current harmful practices and experiences of exceptional students through critical analysis of current practices, mindsets, and policies. With the information this book provides, practitioners have the power to implement direct and explicit actions across levels to end the harm and liberate our most vulnerable populations. Covering topics such as accelerated learning, educator preparation programs, and intersectional perspectives, this book is a dynamic resource for teachers in exceptional education, general teachers, social workers, psychologists, educational leaders, organizational leaders, the criminal justice system, law enforcement agencies, government agencies, policymakers, curriculum designers, testing companies, current educational practitioners, administrators, post-grad students, professors, researchers, and academicians.