The Global Convergence of Vocational and Special Education: Mass Schooling and Modern Educability

ISBN-13: 9780367152086 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 218 str.

John G. Richardson; Jinting Wu; Douglas M. Judge

Opis

This book explores the global expansion of special and vocational education as a highly variable event, not only across nations of considerable economic, political and cultural difference, but between nations with evident similarities.

Spis treści

PART I: Theoretical Considerations 1. Unintended Convergence: Introduction, Thesis, Central Concept and Comparative Forms 2. Mass Education and Global Culture: Revolution or Swerve? 3. Pathways to Vocational and Special Education PART II: Case Studies 4. Bureaucratic Benevolence: Disability Inclusion and Special Education in China 5. Parental vs. Professional Authority: Communal Benevolence and Special Education Practices in Mexico 6. The Legacy of Punitive Benevolence, The Long Shadow of Vagrancy - The Case of England PART III: Conclusions 7. Some Conclusions 8. "Looping Effects" and Convergence 9. A Theoretical Summary 10. Restorative Juvenile Justice as Paternalistic Benevolence