Education and Disability in the Global South brings together new and established researchers from a variety of disciplines to explore the complexities and dilemmas encountered in providing education to children and young people with disabilities in countries in South Asia and Africa.
Applying a range of methodological, theoretical and conceptual frameworks across different levels of education systems, from pre-school to higher education, the contributors examine not just the barriers but also the opportunities within the educational systems, in order to make strong policy recommendations.
Together, the chapters offer a comprehensive overview of a range of issues, including a nuanced appreciation of the tensions between the local and global in relation to key developments in the field, critiquing a globalized notion of inclusive education, as well as proposing new methodological advancements in taking the research agenda forward. Empirical insights are captured not just from the perspectives of educators but also through engaging with children and young people with disabilities, who are uniquely powerful in providing insights for future developments.
Foreword, Alfredo Artiles
1. Education of Children with Disabilities: Changing Landscape of New Opportunities and Challenges, Nidhi Singal, Shruti Taneja Johansson and Paul Lynch
Part I: Framing the Debates
2. Looking to the Future : Including Children with Disabilities in the Sustainable Development Goals, Pauline Rose
3. Researching Disability and Education: Rigour, Respect and Responsibility, Nidhi Singal
4. What Get Measured Gets Done: Collecting Data to Support Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities, Islay Mactaggart and Hannah Kuper
Part II: Situated Perspectives
Applying Conceptual Approaches
5. Advancing a Comparative Case Study Approach Towards Education and Disability Research: An Example from Bhutan, Matthew Schuelka
6. Diversifying theoretical commitments for a transnational inclusive education: Lessons from India, Srikala Naraian
7. Participation of Students with Disabilities' Participation in South African Higher Education: Contesting the Uncontested, Colleen Howell
Schooling and Teachers
8. Re-Framing 'Spaces' for Educating Children with Autism: Perspectives from Urban India, Shruti Taneja Johansson
9. The Application of Inclusive Principles and Practice in Schools in South India: Successes and Challenges, Richard Rose and Jayashree Rajanahally
10. Enacting Inclusive Education: Empirical Insights from Namibia and South Africa, Anbanithi Muthukrishna
11. The Preparedness of Teachers to Deliver Inclusive Education: Evidence from Pan-African Field Research, Maria Kett, Marcela Deluca and Mark Crew
Child, Family and Community
12. Exploring Ways to Support the Infrastructure for Early Childhood Development: A Study of Children with Visual Impairment in Malawi, Paul Lynch and Melissa Gladstone
13. Inclusive Education for Learners with Albinism: Malawi, Zambia and Botswana, Gareth Dart, Yonah H. Matemba and Jack Gunnell
14. Listening to Children with Disabilities: Voices from Uganda and Malawi, Mary Wickenden
15. Mothers as Educational Enablers: Examining the Journeys of Young Women with Disabilities in Pakistan, Tehmina Hammad
16. Conclusion, Paul Lynch, Shruti Taneja Johansson and Nidhi SingaL
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