Inclusive Education and Disability in the Global South

ISBN-13: 9783319728285 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 149 str.

Leda Kamenopoulou

Opis

Presenting four qualitative research studies conducted in Malaysia, Bhutan, Philippines and Belize, the authors examine the implementation of inclusive education and disabled children's participation in the education system: contexts on which very little is known.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction: Setting the Scene; Leda Kamenopoulou.
Chapter 2. The interplay of deafness and ethnicity in processes of identity development: An ethnographic study within the Penang deaf community in Malaysia; Andrea Pregel and Leda Kamenopoulou.
Chapter 3. The conceptualisation of inclusion and disability in Bhutan; Dawa Dukpa and Leda Kamenopoulou.
Chapter 4. Teachers' assessment strategies for children with disabilities: A constructivist study in mainstream primary school in Negros Oriental; Rolando Jr. Villamero and Leda Kamenopoulou.
Chapter 5. The perspectives of teachers in Belize in relation to working with visually impaired pupils in mainstream schools: An exploratory study; Joycelyn Nair Azueta and Leda Kamenopoulou.
Chapter 6. Inclusion and Disability in the Global South, lessons learned and ways forward; Leda Kamenopoulou

O autorze

​Leda Kamenopoulou is Senior Lecturer in Special and Inclusive Education at the University of Roehampton, UK, and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. She has published widely on Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusive Education, while her current research activities centre around the preparation of teachers for inclusive education.