Moral Debate on Special Education

Bernardo E. Pohl, Jr. (Doctorate of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Houston-Main in Texas) has taught secondary social studies and special education for the past nine years and lectures on education methodology at the university level. He is the author of «The Moral Crisis in Special Education: Redefining The Social Model of Disability» in Journeys in Social Education (C.S. White, Ed., 2010) and «Voices of Empowerment» (2008) published in The English Record.

• Contents: The Moral Debate – A Note On My Journey – When Schools Don’t Work – The Social Educator – The Search For The Poetic Teacher – Caring For The Whole Child – The Search For The Full-Lived Curriculum – My Microscopic View – Pedagogy Of Affection – Obstacles To Consciousness – Conscientization Of The Disabled – Pedagogy Of The Disabled – My Inquiry – Social Voices – My Narrative – My Narrative – Subject Matter And Milieu – The Field With The Mango Trees – The Disabled In Me – The Early Days – Jobless For The Second Time – Full-Time Teaching – The Moral And Spiritual Reflection – Final Reflection.

«[Pohl’s book] is a passionate plea to reconsider how we think about and respond to disability within public education.» (Jan Valle, Teachers College Record, February 2015)