Ranjita Dawn

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Educational Achievement and Psychosocial Transition in Visually Impaired Adolescents (eBook, PDF)

Studies from India

Beschreibung

Argues that many aspects of disability in general and visual impairment in specific are socially constructed

Furthers research on adolescence and youth by including original work on disabled adolescents

Adds important original perspectives to the growing field of disability research in the global South

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Autor

Ranjita Dawn, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Loreto College, University of Calcutta. She received her doctorate in the Social Psychology of Education from the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. It was through her association with organizations like the Blind Relief Association and the National Association for Blind, New Delhi that she discovered her interest in disability research. She has authored many research papers for international and national journals, and two books: Psychosocial Dynamics of Blind Students (2011) and Visual Impairment (2015). She is continuously working to bring their problems and issues to the forefront. Her experience of being an educationist encourages her at each moment to address the potential problems that people with disabilities experience in their daily lives. Dr. Dawn has been the recipient of various prestigious awards such as the Indian Council for Social Science Research Doctoral Fellowship, National Scholarship Award, Dr. Neelu Sanghvi Sancheti Memorial Medal for Graduation and was felicitated by the Calcutta Corporation Co-operative Credit Society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 117
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811066443
• Artikelnr.: 52941841