Disability and Teaching

Disability and Teachinghighlights issues of disability in K-12 schooling faced by teachers, whare increasingly accountable for the achievement of all students regardless of the labelassigned to them. It is designed to engage prospective and practicing teachers in examining theipersonal theories and beliefs about disability and education.Part I offers four case studies dealing with issues such as inclusion, over-representation ispecial education, teacher assumptions and biases, and the struggles of novice teachers. Thescases illustrate the need to understand disability and teaching within the contexts of schoolcommunity, and the broader society and in relation to other contemporary issues facing teachersEach is followed by space for readers to write their own reactions and reflections, educatorsdialogue about the case, space for readers’ reactions to the educators’ dialogue, a summary, anadditional questions. Part II presents public arguments representing different views about thtopic: conservative, liberal-progressive, and disability centered. Part III situates the authorspersonal views within the growing field of Disability Studies in education and provides exercisefor further reflection and a list of resources.Disability and Teachingis the 8th volume in the Reflective Teaching and the Social Conditions oSchooling Series, edited by Daniel P. Liston and Kenneth M. Zeichner. This series of smallaccessible, interactive texts introduces the notion of teacher reflection and develops it in relatioto the social conditions of schooling. Each text focuses on a specific issue or content area irelation to teaching and follows the same format. Books in this series are appropriate for teacheeducation courses across the curriculum.