Advances in research and praxis in special education in Africa, Caribbean, and the Middle East

This edited volume explores various issues pertaining to the education of children with disabilities in Africa, the Caribbean and Middle East. As a group, persons with disabilities have been subjected to social, cultural and educational exclusions of various forms and for various socially-scripted r...

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Other Authors Mutua, Kagendo, 1966- (Editor), Sunal, Cynthia S. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2012.
SeriesResearch on education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
Subjects
Children with disabilities > Education > Africa > Research.
Children with disabilities > Education > Caribbean Area > Research.
Children with disabilities > Education > Middle East > Research.
Education and state > Africa > Research.
Education and state > Caribbean Area > Research.
Education and state > Middle East > Research.
Education > Special Education > General.
Teaching of students with different educational needs.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806615292
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-773-2
Physical Description1 online resource (xvi, 228 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Introduction: The limits of policy and praxis: Critical issues in inclusive education in selected countries of Africa, Caribbean and the middle east / Kagendo Mutua & Cynthia Szymanski Sunal
  • Part I. Special education research and praxis in Africa
  • Chapter 1. Early intervention programs in the southern African region / John Charema
  • Chapter 2. Special education in nigeria: Shifting paradigms / Festus E. Obiakor, Michael Eskay, and Michael O. Afọláyan
  • Chapter 3. Challenges facing pupils and staff at botswana community junior secondary schools: The student teachers' perspective / Gareth Dart
  • Chapter 4. Rapid changes and challenges in a South African paradigm / Joan Jafthas
  • Chapter 5. Education for students with intellectual disabilities in Kenya: Challenges and prospects / Gathogo Mukuria
  • Chapter 6. Contextualizing inclusive education in tanzania / Filiz Polat
  • Chapter 7. Defining the disabled person: An analysis of the continental plan of action for the African decade of persons with disabilities / Bethsaida Nieves
  • Part II. Special education research and praxis in the Caribbean
  • Chapter 8. Special education in the Caribbean: Teachers' attitudes toward inclusion in barbados, cayman islands, grenada, jamaica, st. Lucia, and st. Vincent / Junnie O. Lynch, Clara Wolman, and Judy Harris-Looby
  • Part III. Special education research and praxis in the middle east
  • Chapter 9. Children with adhd in Turkey: Inclusion, research, and practice / Selda Ozdemir
  • Chapter 10. Special education advances in the state of qatar: Research and implications / Asma Al Attiyah and Brenda Belson Lazarus
  • Chapter 11. Current special education programs in the hashemite kingdom of jordan / Mohammad Al Jabery, Jamal Al Khateeb, and Marshall Zumberg
  • Chapter 12. The saudi early intervention services: Current challenges and the vision for revision / Haniah M. Merza. Epilogue / Mara Sapon-Shevin.

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