Education is Special for Everyone
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-0763-9 (ISBN)
Special education in the United States has evolved from institutional and segregated environments to inclusion in the regular education classrooms. We examine how the practice has affected all students and question whether this change has created equal opportunity for those students without special education needs.
This book researches and reports on issues of current practice: e.g., teacher preparation, placement of students with special needs, implications for the average and above in the classroom and the financial costs driving placement decisions in the education system.
We examine the lowering of standards so all can pass tests, report on loss of engagement of students by middle school, and mourn the squandering of creativity to appease a mandate.
Sir Ken Robinson relates that, “Education is meant to take us into a future we cannot even grasp.” Yet we continue on a road that lowers our educational ranking internationally.
We recommend to provide services for all students, and take the system from its current state to one that provides a “Free and appropriate education for all!”
Janet D. Mulvey Ph.D., is the Educational Director in a College support Program and Assistant Professor in School Leadership at Pace University in New York City. Bruce Cooper is a full professor at Fordham University, New york City Campus. He teaches in the Doctoral Educational Leadership program, and mentors aspiring school leaders. Kathryn Accurso Ed.D., has been an elementary school teacher in the Lakeland Central School District for 22 years. She also teaches in the Mercy College School of Education. Karen Gagliardi, Ed.D., is in her eighth year as principal of Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in the Lakeland School District. She has also served as an assistant principal and a fourth grade teacher
Introduction: Overview of the Book
CHAPTER 1:History of US Special Education (Cooper)
CHAPTER 2: What About Me? The Average and Above in Inclusive Classrooms
(Mulvey)
CHAPTER 3:The Principal's Role in Supporting All Students (Gagliardi)
CHAPTER 4:Where Do We Begin (Accurso)
CHAPTER 5:Teacher Preparation (Mulvey)
CHAPTER 6:Level of Instruction in Each Setting (Gagliardi)
CHAPTER 7: Differentiation: Does It Really Work? (Accurso)
CHAPTER 8:Outcomes for Mainstreamed, Full Inclusion, and Separate
Classrooms (Mulvey)
CHAPTER 9:Effects of Standardized Testing (Mulvey)
CHAPTER 10:Urban Problems and Solutions: Funding for All (Cooper)
CHAPTER 11:Recommendations for the Future (All)
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.9.2014 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 404 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4758-0763-5 / 1475807635 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4758-0763-9 / 9781475807639 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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