Enhancing Diversity
Educators with Disabilities
Published on 31. January 2011
336 pages
978-1-56368-225-4 (ISBN)
Description
The 43 million people with disabilities form this country's largest minority group, yet they are markedly under-employed as educators. Enhancing Diversity: Educators with Disabilities paves the way for correcting this costly omission. Editors Anderson, Karp, and Keller have called upon the knowledge of 19 other renowned contributors to address the important issues raised in Enhancing Diversity, including the place of disability in discussions of diversity in education, research on educators with disabilities that validates their capabilities, and information on the qualifications desired in and the demands made of education professionals. Legal precedents are cited and explained, and examples of efforts to place disabled educators are presented, along with recommendations on how disabled individuals and school administrators can work toward increased opportunities. Interviews with 25 disabled educators discussing how they satisfactorily fulfill their professional requirements completes this thoughtful-provoking book.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- In Memoriam
- Contributors
- Part 1: Identifying the Issues
- Introduction
- Vickie's Story
- 1. Issues of Race, Ethnicity, Disability, and Culture
- Part 2: Validating the Concerns: Research on Educators with Disabilities
- 2. Trials and Tribulations of a Teacher with Learning Disabilities through His First Two Years of Employment
- 3. I Never Felt Disabled Until I Came into Special Education: Reflections of Two Preservice Teachers with Disabilities
- 4. Preparatkm and Employment Experiences of Educators with Disabilities
- Part 3: Examining Contextual Factors
- Stories from Educators with Disabilities: The Career Path
- 5. Understanding and Improving the Career Development of Educators with Disabilities
- Stories from Educators with Disabilities: The Preparation and Employment Process
- 6. The Process of Becoming an Educator
- Stories from Educators with Disabilities: The Requirements of Educational Professions
- 7. The Requirements and Demands of Being an Educator
- Stories from Educators with Disabilities: Legal Issues
- 8. Legislation, Litigation, Standards, Regulations, Policies, and Other Oughts
- Stories from Educators with Disabilities: Attitudes toward Them
- 9. Attitudes toward Educators with Disabilities
- Stories from Educators with Disabilities: Support Systems
- 10. The Role of Support Systems for Educators with Disabilities
- Stories from Educators with Disabilities: Disability Perspectives
- 11. Advocacy and Educators with Disabilities: Emerging Issues and Opportunities
- Part 4: Fostering Opportunities
- 12. Issues and Practices in the Recruitment and Retention of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teachers
- 13. Policies and Practices within Professional Organizations
- Part 5: Recommending Actions
- Beth's Story: Clear Communication and a Sensitive Workplace
- 14. A Guide for Decision Making and Action
- Index
