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The SAGE Handbook of Special Education
Author(s): Lani Florian
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication Date: 16 Nov. 2006
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 608 pages
- ISBN-10: 1412907284
- ISBN-13: 9781412907286
Book Description
′The Handbook offers a range of views on how to empower all learners to transcend their current performance and go “beyond the limits”′ – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology
`This text makes an important contribution to special education. Perhaps, more significantly, it makes an important contribution to inclusive education, and possibly, even more widely, to education in general…it is a book that has significance for all of us who wish to move education towards a more equitable, democratic, humane, and dignified system for our young people′ – Education in the North
In recent years there has been increasingly vigorous debate about the nature and purpose of special education, and what might be considered the appropriate responses to pupils who experience difficulties in learning. This Handbook brings together the most up to date knowledge of this area and will serve as the major source book of authoritative information and ideas about current and future directions for special education. It examines the intricate relation between theory, research and practice, and places a particular emphasis on what has been learned about providing for students who experience difficulties in learning, how these understandings can contribute to new conceptualisations of special education and the development of more inclusive schools.
This comprehensive, research-based work, brings together scholarship on an international level, and covers topics that transcend national boundaries. It will become essential reading for all professionals and academics with any interest in this important and dynamic field.
Editorial Reviews
Review
′The Handbook offers a range of views on how to empower all learners to transcend their current performance and go “beyond the limits”′ – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology
`This text makes an important contribution to special education. Perhaps, more significantly, it makes an important contribution to inclusive education, and possibly, even more widely, to education in general…it is a book that has significance for all of us who wish to move education towards a more equitable, democratic, humane, and dignified system for our young people′ – Education in the North
“Readers need to have a solid knowledge base of the field to fully appreciate the information presented both in terms of scholarly depth and differing perspectives. Although a challenging read, it is enlightening and well worth the effort.” — R. Ludy ― CHOICE Published On: 2007-09-05
“The students love it. It is expanding the way we think about Special Education […]. We are “going global” in our thinking!” — Dr. Crystal K. Whitlow Published On: 2009-02-25
“The book is terrific. I am really impressed with the wide selection of people […] pulled together and the diverse perspectives […] included.” — Dr. Marcia H. Rioux Published On: 2009-02-25
“I think it would be an excellent text for a graduate seminar that would focus on helping students to see both general and special education from evidence-based instructional practices, cultural commonalities/differences, and across the lifespan. It is a one-of-a-kind book in that lays a strong foundation across all of the above areas and will motivate students to look further and in more depth at areas of interest within the field for further study.” — Michael Hardman Published On: 2009-03-09
About the Author
Lani Florian is a Professor and Bell Chair of Education at the University of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor of Special Education at the University of Vienna. She is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK). Her research interests include models of provision for meeting the needs of all learners, and inclusive pedagogy. She is co-author of Achievement and Inclusion in Schools, winner of the 2008 NASEN/Times Education Supplement academic book award. She has consulted on special needs education and inclusion for a number of international organisations including Open Society Foundations, UNICEF, and the OECD.
