The Global Convergence of Vocational and Special Education |
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| Author:
| Richardson, John G.
Wu, Jinting
Judge, Douglas M. |
| Series title: | Routledge Research in Special Educational Needs Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-367-15208-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2019 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $42.95 |
Book Description:
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The global trend in educational participation has brought with it a cross-national consequence: the expansion of students with "special needs" (SEN) placed in special education and the growth of "low achieving" students diverted to vocational tracks. This book explores the global expansion of special and vocational education as a highly variable event, not only across nations of considerable economic, political and cultural difference, but between nations with evident similarities...
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The global trend in educational participation has brought with it a cross-national consequence: the expansion of students with "special needs" (SEN) placed in special education and the growth of "low achieving" students diverted to vocational tracks. This book explores the global expansion of special and vocational education as a highly variable event, not only across nations of considerable economic, political and cultural difference, but between nations with evident similarities as well. The Global Convergence of Vocational and Special Educationanalyzes how the concept of secular benevolence underscores the divergent and convergent trajectories that vocational and special education have taken across the globe. The authors embrace national differences as the means to observe two dicta of comparative research: similar origins can result in very different outcomes, and similar outcomes can be the result of very different origins.