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Justice and Equality in Education Dr Lorella Terzi

Justice and Equality in Education By Dr Lorella Terzi

Justice and Equality in Education by Dr Lorella Terzi


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The topic of educational provision for disabled learners is controversial in several western countries. This book makes a contribution to the debate by presenting a philosophical analysis of disability and Special Educational Needs. It deals with the question of educational equality in terms of Amartya Sen's capability approach.

Justice and Equality in Education Summary

Justice and Equality in Education: A Capability Perspective on Disability and Special Educational Needs by Dr Lorella Terzi

What constitutes a just educational provision for disabled learners? This book contributes to the debate on justice and equality in education by dealing with the timely and contentious issue of provision for children with disabilities and special educational needs. The topic of educational provision for these learners is currently controversial in almost all Western industrialized countries. It involves arguments related to public policy as well as considerations of educational theory and practice, but philosophical issues have often been neglected. Lorella Terzi employs a version of liberal egalitarianism in her research and makes a unique contribution to the current debate by presenting a philosophical analysis of disability and special educational needs, and by dealing with the question of educational equality in terms of Amartya Sen's capability approach. The book is a work of applied philosophy, which brings political and moral theory to bear on questions central not only to special and inclusive education, but also to educational theory and policy more generally.

Justice and Equality in Education Reviews

'This excellent book is an incisive intervention and engagement with a number of pressing contemporary debates in education ... [R]emarkable both for its lucidity and the ways in which it invites further exploration ... this is a compelling book that deserves wide readership.' - Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
'Terzi's book offers a philosophically rich elucidation and defence of the principle of educational equality, but also practical guidance concerning the education of children with disabilities....Anyone interested in political philosophy as it applies to education or in the philosophy of education more generally will want to read the following pages. Anyone who wants to think carefully about inclusion, disability rights, or the sociology of disability, has to.' Taken from the foreword by Harry Brighouse, Professor of Philosophy and Affiliate Philosopher of Educational Policy Studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
'Although this book is challenging, it is a worthwhile read...all teachers need to engage with the concepts explored in this book...if we teachers are to be perceived as professionals rather than mere technicians implementing the ideas of others, we need to have a principled foundation for the teaching acts we engage in our work. Terzi's Justice and Equality in Education offers such a foundation.' British Journal of Special Education
'An important and timely book. It presents a new framework for understanding justice and equality in education, and applies this to an area that cries out for political, ethical and conceptual attention: the education of children with disabilities and special educational needs ('special education'). It is a scholarly work of political philosophy, referencing a dazzling display of argumentation and counter-argumentation. You can be sure that academics from a variety of disciplines (political theory, education, sociology, philosophy, to name by a few) will pore over it for many years to come.' European Journal of Special Needs Education
'A comprehensive account of the relevance of the capability approach to the educational rights and needs of those with disabilities and special educational needs...in developing her argument for the right of those with disabilities to be educated she does not simply presume the importance of education but justifies it. Thus, although this book focuses on disability, her interrogation of what it is to be educated makes her work relevant to educational impoverishment more generally.' Power and Education

About Dr Lorella Terzi

Dr Lorella Terzi is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Roehampton University.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Professor Harry Brighouse; Introduction; 1. Special and Inclusive Education: Incoherence in Practice and Dilemmas in Theory; 2. The Social Model of Disability: A Philosophical Critique; 3. The Social Model of Disability and Inclusive Education; 4. The Capability Approach: Re-examining Impairment and Disability; 5. Beyond the Dilemma of Difference: The Capability Perspective on Disability and Special Educational Needs; 6. Capability Equality and the Egalitarian Debate; 7. Justice and Equality in Education: Towards a Principled Framework; 8. Objections to the Principled Framework for Educational Equality: A; Response; Conclusion; Bibliography.

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NPB9780826497109
9780826497109
0826497101
Justice and Equality in Education: A Capability Perspective on Disability and Special Educational Needs by Dr Lorella Terzi
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2008-03-14
226
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