Theorising Special Education

Catherine Clark, Alan Dyson, Alan Millward

• Notes on contributors, 1 Introducing the issue of theorizing, 2 Would it work in theory?: arguments for practitioner research and theorising in the special needs field, 3 Permission to speak?: theorising special education inside the classroom, 4 From theory to practice: special education and the social relations of academic production Medical and psychological models in special needs education, 6 Models of complexity: theory-driven intervention practices, 7 The poverty of special education: theories to the rescue?, 8 Embracing the holistic/constructivist paradigm and sidestepping the post-modern challenge, 9 Decision making in uncertainty, 10 From Milton Keynes to the middle kingdom: making sense of special education in the 1990s, 11 The politics of theorising special education, 12 Conflicting perspectives on learning disabilities, 13 Theorising special education: time to move on?, References, Index

'... rich and stimulating collection ... While it has been around for some time now, Theorising Special Education remains a book for many audiences. All who take up the challenge of this valuable book will emerge ... with at least some of their perspectives on this important subject changed.' - Robert A. Davis, Journal of Moral Education