World Yearbook of Education 1993: Special Needs Education

by Mittler,Peter; Mittler,Peter

• ISBN13: 9780415393089
• ISBN10: 0415393086
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Editors' Preface	p. xi
International perspectives	p. 1
Childhood disability: a global challenge	p. 3
Education of children with disabilities	p. 16
Theories to explain the development of special education	p. 29
Special education as a human and legal right	p. 38
Meeting specific disability needs	p. 51
Children with learning difficulties	p. 53
Planning mainstream education services for children with visual impairments in developing countries	p. 65
Deaf people in the developing world	p. 76
Regional reports and national case studies	p. 87
Western Europe	p. 89
The 'new democracies' of Central and Eastern Europe	p. 101
Education of youths with disabilities in the United States of America	p. 108
Special education in Asia	p. 118
Special education in Australia and New Zealand	p. 130
Special education in Ibero-American countries: current situation and tendencies	p. 143
Special education in Africa	p. 158
Transitions	p. 173
Early childhood special education: an international perspective	p. 175
The transition to employment of disabled people: work by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development	p. 185
Current issues	p. 197
Community-based rehabilitation	p. 199
Special education in developing countries: instructional content and process	p. 211
Varieties of school integration	p. 225
Teacher development and special needs: some lessons from the UNESCO project, 'Special Needs in the Classroom'	p. 238
The future of special education: who will pay the bill?	p. 252
Biographical notes on contributors	p. 268
An annotated bibliography on comparative education and rehabilitation for individuals with special needs	p. 270
Index	p. 277
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