Special Education and Social Control: Invisible Disasters

Bys: Ford, Julienne, Mongon, Denis, Whelan, Maurice

First published in 1982. Between 1955 and 1980 the number of pupils in special needs schools in Britain increased tenfold. Between 1970 and 1977 the number of units for 'difficult' pupils also increased tenfold and went on increasing. Some observers saw this as a welcome advance in special education, others as an extension of discrimination. The authors of this study highlight the dangers of such a provision being used as a form of social control,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138590134
• ISBN13: 9781138590137
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"