Girls and Special Education in the Caribbean

Autor/in	Lavia, Jennifer
Titel	Girls and Special Education in the Caribbean
Quelle	In: Support for Learning, 22 (2007) 4, S.189-196 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-2141
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9604.2007.00470.x
Schlagwörter	Learning Problems; Females; Disabilities; Special Education; Cultural Influences; Social Attitudes; Equal Education; Normalization (Disabilities); Educational Experience; Educational Policy; Access to Education; Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Influences; Educational History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernproblem; Weibliches Geschlecht; Handicap; Behinderung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Normalisierung; Bildungserfahrung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ausland; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte
Abstract	This article focuses on special education as cultural representation and explores how it is fashioned by the realities of the Caribbean diaspora. These realities are framed within the context of the Caribbean's response to the global agenda of education for all and the development of learning support systems that are relevant to regional and national circumstances. Historical and contemporary accounts of policy development are discussed to exemplify the link between colonialism and the construction of difference. Particular consideration is given to how specific groups have been historically marginalized within an ideology of normalization. Identity accounts provide insights into how disabled girls and those labelled as having learning difficulties experience education and show how the expansion of special education through strategies for education for all provide social challenges and possibilities. Further, constraints on expansion of special education are considered in light of the socio-economic developments of Caribbean countries. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10