Disabling Pedagogy: Power, Politics, and Deaf Education

by Linda Komesaroff

Traditionally, deaf education has been treated as the domain of special educators who strive to overcome the difficulties associated with hearing loss. Recently, the sociocultural view of deafness has prompted research and academic study of Deaf culture, sign language linguistics, and bilingual education. Linda Komesaroff exposes the power of the entrenched dominant groups and their influence on the politics of educational policy and practice in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563685868
• ISBN13: 9781563685866
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"