| Special Educational Needs: A Resource for Practitioners Contributor(s): Farrell, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761942386 ISBN-13: 9780761942382 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $63.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: This book provides a route map for special education. Through examining related disciplines, which illuminate the field, it considers how special education can be better understood. The author views issues in special education within the wider disciplines of history, sociology, law, politics, ethics, economics, medicine and psychology. He looks at the national, local, and school frameworks in which special education operates, and shows how provision for pupils with special educational needs is influenced by structures, procedures and practices at national, local, and school levels. Features include: The ethics of preventing disability Llesson's history Identifying value in sociological perspectives Psychological and other Models of teaching Aspects of the National Framework Aspects of the Local Framework The School SEN Policy The Curriculum and School Organization |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education | Special Education - General |
| Dewey: 371.909 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.74" W x 9.52" (0.70 lbs) 176 pages |
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| Publisher Description: By examining related disciplines, Farrell provides a road map for special education and considers how special education can be better understood. |
Contributor Bio(s): Farrell, Michael: - Michael Farrell works as a special education consultant. His work has included policy development and training with local education authorities, work with voluntary organisations, support to schools in the independent and maintained sectors, and advice to the State Bureau of Foreign Experts, China and the Ministry of Education, Seychelles. He lectures widely in the United Kingdom and abroad. |