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New Perspectives in Special Education Contemporary philosophical debates
About the author Acknowledgements Preface Chapter outlines 1. Setting the scene 2. Contemporary special education and its critics 3. Positivism and empiricism 4. Phenomenology and hermeneutics 5. Historical materialism and critical theory 6. Holism and constructivism 7. Structuralism and post structuralism 8. Pragmatism and symbolic interactionism 9. Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan 10. Postmodernism and historical epistemology 11. Positivist special education and other perspectives 12. Implications for special education of different perspectives Bibliography Index
Biography
Michael Farrell is a widely published private special education consultant. He works with children, families, schools, local authorities, voluntary organisations, universities and government ministries. He has published extensively with Routledge, with recent titles including Debating Special Education, Educating Special Children, Second Edition, and second edition titles in the whole Effective Teacher's Guide series.
"New perspectives in special education: contemporary philosophical debates brings a unique and critical perspective to a wide range of theoretical and philosophical debates which affect today’s complex contemporary global practices in Special Education. Throughout the book, Dr Michael Farrell provides detailed analysis, raises important issues and provokes thought, by offering a comprehensive, academically rigorous, and accessible overview of the theoretical and philosophical positions that inform and affect contemporary Special Education in practice." - Teacher Development, 2013, Vol 17
