Overview
- Focuses on Indian students categorized as learning disabled based on criteria largely drawn from the Global North
- Uses qualitative research methods to outline why students are identified as having learning disabilities
- Shows challenges for ESL and first-generation learners in meeting learning goals
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development (PSDID)
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“This insightful book offers a critical discussion of disability and education in India that highlights the historical, political, sociocultural, economic, ideological and other local and global factors that shape inclusion and exclusion in this vast multilingual and multicultural global South country. Underpinned by a colonial/post-colonial and disability studies theoretical framework and based on a study conducted in 6 Mumbai schools, the book illustrates the complex intersections that create and perpetuate disadvantage, marginalisation and exclusion in the Indian context, as well as the role of discourses and practices uncritically imported from the North. The author’s particular position as an insider/outsider in relation to the Indian context gives the book a unique lens, which sheds light on the tensions of translating global education agendas into local contexts. Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in inclusive education development, the intersections between disability and other forms of disadvantage, decolonising methodologies and social justice.” (Dr Leda Kamenopoulou, Senior Lecturer in Special and Inclusive Education, School of Education, University of Roehampton, UK.)
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Book Title: Development, Education and Learning Disability in India
Authors: Maya Kalyanpur
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83989-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83988-8Published: 14 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83991-8Published: 15 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83989-5Published: 13 December 2021
Series ISSN: 2945-6614
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6622
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 218
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development and Children, Development Policy, Regional Development, Disability Studies, Educational Policy and Politics