Becoming a Great Inclusive Educator (Disability Studies in Education)

ISBN 10: 1433125498 / ISBN 13: 9781433125492

Published by Peter Lang Inc., International A, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Becoming a Great Inclusive Educator (Disability Studies in Education)
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International A
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433125498
• ISBN 13: 9781433125492
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Inclusive education continues to grow in popularity and acceptance in the United States. However, most teachers – general and special educators – are poorly prepared to be successful in inclusive classrooms and schools. Undoubtedly, the challenge to professionals involves the acquisition of new knowledge and skills. But inclusion requires far more. It calls upon educators to trouble everything they think they know about disability, to question their deepest ethical commitments, to take up the work of the Disability Rights Movement in the public schools, and to leap headlong into the deepest waters of the rich craft tradition of inclusive teaching. This book offers educators the guidance and resources to become great inclusive educators by engaging in a powerful process of personal and professional transformation.

About the Author

Scot Danforth is Professor and Director of the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. He is a leading scholar in the fields of disability studies in education and inclusive education. His previous books include The Incomplete Child: An Intellectual History of Learning Disabilities, Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education (with Susan Gabel), and Disability and the Politics of Education: An International Reader (with Susan Gabel).