Description
| Product ID: | 9780820488042 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Disability Studies in Education |
| Title: | Urban Narratives |
| Subtitle: | Portraits in Progress Life at the Intersections of Learning Disability, Race, and Social Class |
| Authors: | Author: David J. Connor |
| Page Count: | 412 |
| Subjects: | Cultural studies, Cultural studies, Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy, Teaching of students with physical impairments or disabilities, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching of physically disabled students |
| Description: | The book series Disability Studies in Education is dedicated to the publication of monographs and edited volumes that integrate the perspectives, methods, and theories of disability studies with the study of issues and problems of education. The series features books that further define, elaborate upon, and extend knowledge in the field of disability studies in education. Special emphasis is given to work that poses solutions to important problems facing contemporary educational theory, policy, and practice. Urban Narratives foregrounds previously silenced voices of young people of color who are labeled disabled. Overrepresented in special education classes, yet underrepresented in educational research, these students – the largest group within segregated special education classes – share their perceptions of the world and their place within it. Eight ‘portraits in progress’ consisting of their own words and framed by their poetry and drawings, reveal compelling insights about life inside and out of the American urban education system. The book uses an intersectional analysis to examine how power circulates in society throughout and among historical, cultural, institutional, and interpersonal domains, impacting social, academic, and economic opportunities for individuals, and expanding or circumscribing their worlds. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-11-01 |
