Disability studies and inclusive education — implications for theory, research, and practice

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 441-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Connor ◽  
Susan L. Gabel ◽  
Deborah J. Gallagher ◽  
Missy Morton
Author(s):  
Susan Baglieri ◽  
Jessica Bacon

Disability studies (DS) is a transdisciplinary field of scholarly inquiry whose members seek to understand disability and disablement as cultural phenomena. Scholars who adopt disability studies in education (DSE) perspectives aim to understand how disability is conceptually configured in the research and practice that shape learning, education, and schooling. The DSE field strives to discern and theorize medical and social models of disability in order to promote critical examination of the cultural conditions in which educational practices are performed. The commitments and understandings that arise within DSE lead proponents to conceptualize inclusive education reform as a radical project, and call for the development of policy, teaching, and teacher education practices that acknowledge and resist ableism.


2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Connor

<p>Keywords: disability, diversity, culture, social justice</p><p>In this paper I contemplate the recent inclusion of disability within three contemporary diversity-based anthologies on social justice and multicultural education: Diversity and Multiculturalism: A Reader (2009), The Handbook of Social Justice in Education (2009), and Social Justice Pedagogy Across the Curriculum (2010). Using a macro analysis of each book and a micro analysis of ninety-nine chapters in total, I analyze emergent themes and contemplate ways in which disability is framed within broader conceptions of social justice and notions of multiculturalism. Additionally, I discuss the implications for Disability Studies in Education being included within these anthologies on social justice and multicultural education, and describe potential areas of interdisciplinary growth within policy, theory, research and practice.</p>


2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seema Shah ◽  
Sara McAlister ◽  
Kavitha Mediratta ◽  
Roderick Watts ◽  
Obari Cartman ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Sampson ◽  
Janet Lenz ◽  
V. Casey Dozier ◽  
Debra Osborn ◽  
Gary Peterson ◽  
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