Romantic Agrarianism and Movement Education in the United States: Examining the Discursive Politics of Learning Disability Science
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"This article will explore the deficit-based characterizations of lower social class families, children, and neighborhoods in the history of the scientific discourse that built the learning disability construct, illuminating an often overlooked discursive connection between lower class status and learning disability."
ISBN
978-1-4443-6701-0
Publication Date
2-2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
City
Malden, MA
Disciplines
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Demography, Population, and Ecology | Disability and Equity in Education | Educational Sociology | Inequality and Stratification | Other Education | Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Recommended Citation
Danforth, S. (2012) Romantic agrarianism and movement education in the United States: Examining the discursive politics of learning disability science. In Cole, D. R. & Graham, L. (Eds.), Power in/of language (pp. 85-100). Malden, MA: John Wiley and Sons.
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John Wiley and Sons
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In David R. Cole and Linda J. Graham (Eds.), Power In/Of Language. Dr. Danforth's chapter begins on page 85.
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