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

by Kathleen M. Collins

Pages: 232

Contributors: Kathleen M. Collins

Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Place of Publication: Mahwah, NJ

Publication Year: 2003

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1: Introduction: a Sociocultural Perspective on [dis]ability

2: The Boy Who Had Something to Say

3: He's What I Would Call 'Out There. '

4: He Was Immediate. He Was like Immediate.

5: Where's the Evidence?

6: Jay Just Amazes Me During This, He Really Does.

7: It Will Be Very, Very Difficult for Him to Learn How to Function in the Class.

8: It's like a Burst, a Burst of Fire.

9: You Got to Hear This!

10: So Who Wrote It?

11: Jay, We Gotta Find You a Group.

12: I'm the Boy Who Likes Bugs.

13: Do You Think I'm Proper?

14: This Ain't Easy!

15: Church is Not a Game!

16: I Think That's Why We Became Very Good Friends.

17: Ability Profiling and School Failure: Learning from Jay's Story

Epilogue

Appendix:: Approaches to Inquiry, Analysis, and Representation

References

Author Index

Subject Index

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