This text bridges the gap between general and special education pedagogy by including constructivism, humanist, social-cultural, and multicultural points of view.

Through case studies and discussions, you will see students experiencing success using student-centered curriculum approaches, thematic teaching, multi-age grouping, peer-mediated instruction, multicultural curriculum, authentic assessment, and much, much more!

The book includes "thought pieces" presenting main issues and questions brought about by new perspectives. Each thought piece is followed by practical ideas to improve classroom instruction. It also shows how to access perspectives from the students who are being taught. It allows teachers to know how their students learn best and how to plan curriculum for them. You will find a whole new approach to teaching in this book.

Special Features

• Links constructivism to special education practices
• Addresses diversity issues
• Intended for both special and general classrooms
• Pragmatic, easy to use strategies

Contents

1. Reconceptualizing Learning Disabilities by Reconceptualizing Education
2. Reconceptualizing the Learning Disabilities Paradigm: Multicultural Imperatives
3. A Personal Journey: Changing Concepts of Learning and Disability
4. Critical Cultural Knowledge in Special Education: Reshaping School Leadership Responsiveness
5. Transforming Children's Experiences of Failure into Stories and Narratives of Competence
6. Curriculum-Based Measurement: Cheaper, Faster, and Better Assessment of Students with Learning Disabilities
7. Personalized Grading Plans: A Systematic Approach to Making the Grades of Included Students More Accurate and Meaningful
8. Andrew, Stuck in Words: A Retrospective Miscue Analysis Case Study in Revaluing
9. Taking an Aesthetic Stance Toward Teaching and Assessment
10. Successful Teacher Strategies in a Multicultural Language Arts Classroom: Organization, Techniques, and Discipline
11. Necessary Conversations: Reframing Support in General Education Classrooms for Students with Learning Disabilities
12. Shared Reading for Older Emergent Readers in Bilingual Classrooms
13. Tools for Reconceptualizing the Inclusive Classroom: Computers and Cooperative Learning
14. Successful Participation Through Teaching Learning Strategies and Organization Skills
15. High-Access Instruction: Practical Strategies to Increase Active Learning in Diverse Classrooms
16. Using Student Investigation to Water Up Content-Area Instruction for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities
17. Sociocultural Scaffolding as a Means to Increase Students’ Self-Regulatory Repertoires: Paraeducators as Cultural Books

344 pages
2001/paperback/ISBN 978-0-89108-270-5
$48.00