Ability Profiling and School Failure: One Child's Struggle to be Seen as Competent

By Kathleen M. Collins

Book Overview

This new edition situates the book and its case study within current conversations about the contextualized nature of disability, exploring the role of situated literacies, classroom interactions, and social stereotypes in shaping students' identification as "disabled."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415898234
• ISBN13: 9780415898232
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Not Just for Educators

This book is a powerful story that stimulates self-reflection. It caused me to examine my interactions with eveybody I meet on a daily basis and reminded me that everybody has a message and a lesson to deliver.Ability Profiling exists throughout our culture. It is not isolated to schools and, therefore, this resource is a valuable tool for anybody who cares about there interactions with their community.