Misa Kayama, Wendy Haight

Disability, Culture, and Development

A Case Study of Japanese Children at School

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how the concept of disability is starting to take root in the Japanese school system, and what the implications are for parents, teachers, policy makers, and other stakeholders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780199970827
• ISBN-10: 0199970823
• Artikelnr.: 38529638

Autorenporträt

Misa Kayama, PhD, is a postdoctoral associate at the School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.Wendy Haight, PhD, is Professor and Gamble-Skogmo Chair at the School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Inhaltsangabe

* CONTENTS
* 1. Raising children with disabilities, and their peers at a Japanese
public elementary school
* 2. Research program
* 3. The history and policies of Japanese special education
* 4. Children's daily lives at Greenleaf Elementary School
* 5. How educators support the parents of children with developmental
disabilities
* 6. How educators support children with developmental disabilities and
their peers
* 7. Children's and parents' experiences of disability as they
transition into special education
* 8. Implications: A cross cultural conversation