Mary,
In reference to "learning disabilities" Gerald Coles book *The Learning
Mystique* might be useful.
In some ways it is more of a reference book, but he looks at the social and
historical aspects of "learning disability". The strength of the book is in
his historical analysis of the emergence of the term in the 60's. His
argument is the "science" that "learning disabilities" is based upon is
flawed. He uses the Luria-Nebraska test to take a critical look at some of
this earlier research.
Nate
*The Learning Mystique*
Gerald Coles (1987)
Fawcett Columbine
New York
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From: mary bryson [mailto:brys@unixg.ubc.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 3:13 PM
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Subject: is Hugh Mehan's Work On-line?
Hi XMCA'ers:
I am teaching a grad research seminar
(http://www.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/bryson/571syll.html), and discovered, Monday
night that 90% of the students are in the Sp Ed field.
I would like to add a few readings to my syllabus, and most especially Hugh
Mehan's work on how students are "diagnosed" in team meetings, and
McDermott's "Acquisition of a child by a learning disability".
Does anyone know of a url to link to online versions of either of these
papers?
Any recommendations of other, similarly socio-cultural research studies on
Sp Ed populations?
Mary
-- Dr. Mary Bryson, Associate Professor, Education, UBC GenTech Project http://www.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/bryson/gentech/ Curriculum Vitae http://www.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/bryson/cv.htmland coming soon!: http://www.shecan.com
To alter efficacy-based futility requires development of competencies and expectations of personal effectiveness. By contrast, to change outcome-based futility necessitates changes in prevailing environmental contingencies that restore the instrumental value of the competencies people already possess. Bandura-- 1977
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