Autism, Pedagogy and Education: Critical Issues for Value-based Teaching

✍ Scribed by Carmel Conn

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Pivot
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 139
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book discusses critical issues concerning autism and education, and what constitutes effective pedagogy for this group of learners. Autism is a high-profile area within the discipline of special education, and the issue of how to teach autistic learners remains a contested one: recent theorising has questioned a techno-rationalist approach that places the burden of change on the autistic pupil. The author explores the values that underpin educational approaches within existing pedagogical practice: while these approaches have their individual merits and shortcomings, this book introduces and expands upon a strengths-based approach. This book will appeal to students and scholars of autism and education, with particular regard to teaching autistic learners.
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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: A Teacher and a Pupil Interact (Carmel Conn)....Pages 1-17
Curriculum and Pedagogy: The Child as Agent (Carmel Conn)....Pages 19-42
Curriculum and Pedagogy: The Teacher as Agent (Carmel Conn)....Pages 43-71
The Storied Curriculum: What Is Education For? (Carmel Conn)....Pages 73-96
The Future of Education (Carmel Conn)....Pages 97-116
Back Matter ....Pages 117-130

✦ Subjects

Education; Educational Psychology; General Psychology; Disability Studies; Learning and Instruction; Sociology of Education; Sociology of Education