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Advances in research and praxis in special education in Africa, Caribbean, and the Middle East / edited by Kagendo Mutua, University of Alabama, Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, University of Alabama.

Contributor(s): Series: Research on education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle EastPublication details: North Carolina, NC : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2012.Description: xvi, 228 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781617357718 (pbk.) :
  • 1617357715 (pbk.) :
  • 9781617357725 (hardcover)
  • 1617357723 (hardcover)
  • 1617357731 (ebook)
  • 9781617357732 (ebook)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC4038.A2 A38 2012
Contents:
Introduction: The limits of policy and praxis : critical issues in inclusive education in selected countries of Africa, Caribbean and the Middle East / Kagendo Mutua and Cynthia Szymanski Sunal -- Early intervention programs in the Southern African region / John Charema -- Special education in Nigeria : shifting paradigms / Festus E. Obiakor, Michael Eskay, Michael O. Afọláyan -- Challenges facing pupils and staff at Botswana community junior secondary : schools the student teachers' perspective / Gareth Dart -- Rapid changes and challenges in a South African paradigm / Joan Jafthas -- Education for students with intellectual disabilities in Kenya : challenges and prospects / Gathogo Mukuria -- Contextualizing inclusive education in Tanzania / Filiz Polat -- Defining the disabled person : an analysis of the Continental Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities / Bethsaida Nieves -- Special education in the Caribbean : teachers' attitudes toward inclusion in Barbados, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent / Junnie O. Lynch, Clara Wolman, Judy Harris-Looby -- Children with ADHD in Turkey : inclusion, research, and practice / Selda Ozdemir -- Special education advances in the State of Qatar : research and implications / Asma Al Attiyah, Brenda Belson Lazarus -- Current special education programs in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan / Mohammed AL Jabery, Jamal AL Khateeb, Marshall Zumberg -- The Saudi early intervention services : current challenges and the vision for revision / Haniah M. Merza -- Epilogue / Mara Sapon-Shevin.
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Introduction: The limits of policy and praxis : critical issues in inclusive education in selected countries of Africa, Caribbean and the Middle East / Kagendo Mutua and Cynthia Szymanski Sunal -- Early intervention programs in the Southern African region / John Charema -- Special education in Nigeria : shifting paradigms / Festus E. Obiakor, Michael Eskay, Michael O. Afọláyan -- Challenges facing pupils and staff at Botswana community junior secondary : schools the student teachers' perspective / Gareth Dart -- Rapid changes and challenges in a South African paradigm / Joan Jafthas -- Education for students with intellectual disabilities in Kenya : challenges and prospects / Gathogo Mukuria -- Contextualizing inclusive education in Tanzania / Filiz Polat -- Defining the disabled person : an analysis of the Continental Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities / Bethsaida Nieves -- Special education in the Caribbean : teachers' attitudes toward inclusion in Barbados, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent / Junnie O. Lynch, Clara Wolman, Judy Harris-Looby -- Children with ADHD in Turkey : inclusion, research, and practice / Selda Ozdemir -- Special education advances in the State of Qatar : research and implications / Asma Al Attiyah, Brenda Belson Lazarus -- Current special education programs in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan / Mohammed AL Jabery, Jamal AL Khateeb, Marshall Zumberg -- The Saudi early intervention services : current challenges and the vision for revision / Haniah M. Merza -- Epilogue / Mara Sapon-Shevin.

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