When Special Education Goes to the Marketplace: The Case of Vouchers

This article examines the role of market-based policies in special education, focusing on the case of voucher programs. It examines the nature of contemporary social reforms, while discussing school choice as the theoretical linchpin of a market model for educational reforms. Moreover, it includes analysis of why the market-driven rationale of vouchers erodes the public functions of special education. Despite their current implementation on a small scale, vouchers have the potential to become a threat to free and appropriate public special education.     

Public Education and Multicultural Policy in Canada: The Special Case of Quebec

Education is a provincial responsibility in Canada, but there is a sharing of expenditure and strong support of public education, health and other welfare programs between the provinces and the federal government. Although the federal policy of multiculturalism has been aimed at making Canada a just society, the implementation of this policy in education in English-speaking Canada has been far from satisfactory, and there is great variation among the provinces in educational programs. In Quebec, the federal policy of multiculturalism is ideologically opposed to the vision of French-Québécois nationalism. While the federal policy of intercultural education has made some attempts to integrate immigrant populations, the focus remains on linguistic programs. In facing the dramatic changes driven by internationalization and a globalized economy, Canadians must respond – so the conclusion of the present study – to the urgent need to redefine the meaning of multiculturalism with radical educational programs.     

试论宪法受教育权利和义务的内在合理性

我国宪法第四十六条第一款规定：“中华人民共和国公民有受教育的权利和义务”.对于这一条款,学界一直存在争议.在比较各主要成文宪法国家宪法的基础上,提出从受教育权利绝对性与相对性和受教育义务履行者双重性两个方面来进一步探讨该条款,会加深对该条款的理解.     

Science Learning in Special Education: The Case for Constructed Versus Instructed Learning

Throughout the history of education, debate has existed between the relative merits of instructed versus constructed knowledge. In this article, we review our program of research in science education for students with disabilities in order to reveal some insights into this debate. We review research in science curriculum, mnemonic strategies, text-processing strategies, hands-on approaches, coached elaborations, “discovery” learning, correlates of effective inclusive science classrooms, and class-wide peer tutoring with differentiated curriculum enhancements. Overall, both instructed and constructed knowledge are important and can be facilitated with appropriate instructional strategies. Implications for practice and future research are provided.     

Case Studies of the Application of Categorical and Noncategorical Special Education

The purposes of this article are (a) to present the results of a federally funded study conducted by the Research Triangle Institute concerning the application of categor- ical and noncategorical special education in both state and local education agencies and (b) to illustrate how the case study as a rigorous research strategy (Yin, 1989, 1994) was applied to this policy issue in special education. These purposes are complementary, one focusing on the primary quaiitative methods and procedures of the study, the other focusing on the findings and conclusions relative to a current issue in the delivery of special education and related services. Thus, although the format of this article follows that of the traditional research study, we discuss not only the findings relevant to the implementation of categorical and noncategorical special education, but also the advantages and limitations of case study methodology, which increasingly is being used to study policy issues in special education.     

信息化教育时代与特殊教育课程改革关系初探

信息社会的到来、信息化教育的发展使教育具有了许多新的特点。本文从信息化教育的新特点出发,探讨信息化教育与特殊教育课程改革的关系,并针对现实中存在的问题提出一些尝试性对策与建议。     

职业教育公平的制约因素与政府义务

职业教育公平是维系社会秩序公平运行的逻辑起点.近年来我国职业教育事业迅猛发展,但在维系职业教育公平性领域缺乏实质性进步.基于此,研究职业教育公平的内涵及其研究价值,并从政府的文化理念塑造能力不足、行政政策规范能力不足及职业教育资源配置失衡等方面揭示政府在支持职业教育公平性理念落实过程中面临的障碍,以期为强化政府的行政能力及优化政府的行政资源配置功能提供可行对策.     

学前特殊儿童转衔教育个案研究报告

通过对四名学前特殊儿童转衔教育的个案研究,探讨学前特殊儿童转衔教育的开展方式和途径。研究结果表明:根据特殊儿童的具体状况,探寻适合个别化的转衔教育方式、途径,制定适合个别化的转衔教育计划,使四名特殊儿童在转衔至下一个安置环境时相对来讲更为顺利。同时也指出在特殊儿童的转衔教育中,相关的法律法规,相关部门的关注等都是非常重要的。     

特殊幼儿融合教育个案研究报告

本文运用个案研究法,通过观察记录、访谈记录、调查问卷、环境分析、教育建议与结果资料分析探讨成功的特殊幼儿融合教育经验,为特殊教育工作者、家长、幼儿园教师提供适当的建议。研究内容包括:特殊幼儿家长需求;普通幼儿家长对融合教育认识及需求;幼儿园教师对融合教育认识及需求;特殊幼儿与普通幼儿互动情况;特殊幼儿融合教育幼儿园所需支持辅助。提出几条建议:体制的保障,特殊教育师资培训,专业人员支持,家庭成员提供支持辅助。     

论人本特教视野下我国特殊教育师资存在的问题及对策

“以人为本”的中国大特殊教育新理念,要求尊重学生个性,尊重学生差异。特教教师作为这一理念的实行者,其自身的发展尤为重要。文章站在人本特教的视野下,分析了特教师资中存在的诸多问题,在此基础上提出了相应的对策。     

Untangling the Grip of White Privilege in Education through Consultation and Systems Change: Introduction to the Special Issue

ABSTRACT

This article introduces the articles in the special issue, School consultation grounded in social justice: Dismantling white privilege in education. The authors first highlight salient aspects of each of the five articles. The article ends with a call to action for educators to use consultation to effect systems change that will interrupt white privilege and racist practices in education.     

黑白意象对比研究——以拉尔夫·艾里森《看不见的人》为例

本文以《看不见的人》中相关场景描述为基础,探讨黑人文学作品中黑白意象运用的象征寓意。该意象与叙述者亲身经历交织,隐喻表现在白人主流社会中黑人所面临的生存困境。并且具有普适性,超越文化、种族及意识形态的范畴,揭示出个体生存危机。     

杜威与陶行知儿童教育观之比较

杜威和陶行知在反对传统儿童教育理论的基础上，提出并形成了他们各自的儿童教育观点，其核心是尊重儿童，解放儿童，儿童教育与生活和社会相联系。二者的儿童教育观既有相同之处又有差异。本文主要是对二者的儿童教育观进行对比研究。     

特殊教育本体认识论审视——基于特殊教育概念的分析

厘清特殊教育本体认识论是建构特殊教育理论与推进特殊教育改革的前提和基础。通过对特殊教育概念分析发现,当前特殊教育认识论主要包括扬弃论的特殊教育认识论、补缺论的特殊教育认识论、同一论的特殊教育认识论。这些认识各有合理之处,特别是在不同历史时期各具合历史性与合规律性的价值。其中,同一论的特殊教育认识论更能适应时代需要,指导和引领特殊教育发展,因此需要更多地从同一论立场来认识与实践特殊教育。