TY  - BOOK
AU  - Armstrong,Derrick
TI  - Experiences of special education: re-evaluating policy and practice through life stories 
SN  - 020338055X
AV  - LC3986.G7 A76 2003eb
U1  - 371.9/0941 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - RoutledgeFalmer
KW  - Special education
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Learning disabled
KW  - Education
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Éducation spéciale
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Études de cas
KW  - Personnes en difficulté d'apprentissage
KW  - Éducation
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - Special Education
KW  - Learning Disabilities
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-145) and index; Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The menace of the 'other' within -- chapter 2 Whose history is this? Challenging 'official' narratives of educational history -- chapter 3 Lives in special education: disciplinary transitions -- chapter 4 Lives in special education: the post-war expansion -- chapter 5 Lives in special education: the management of learning difficulties -- chapter 6 Special education and the politics of educational reform -- chapter 7 Time, space and the construction of identity -- chapter 8 Citizenship -- chapter 9 Seizing the future by recapturing the past: breaking the culture of silence
N2  - Discussion about educational provision for children with learning difficulties has largely ignored the voices of those for whom that provision is intended. Experiences of Special Education argues that these 'insider perspectives' are of central importance for a fuller understanding of special educational needs policy. Bringing a unique focus to the subject of special needs education, Derrick Armstrong reassesses the history of special educational policy through the life-stories of those who have first-hand experience. These stories contest official policy discourses and inform an u
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