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

by Kathleen M. Collins. 232 pgs.

Contributors:

   Kathleen M. Collins

Publisher:

   Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Place of Publication:

  Mahwah, NJ  

Publication Year:

  2003

	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xix
	Chapter 1 Introduction: A Sociocultural Perspective on [Dis] ability	1
	Chapter 2 The Boy Who Had Something to Say	16
	Chapter 3 “He's What I Would Call ‘Out There. ’”	28
	Chapter 4 “He Was Immediate. He Was Like Immediate. ”	40
	Chapter 5 “Where's the Evidence?”	53
	Chapter 6 “Jay Just Amazes Me During This, He Really Does. ”	64
	Chapter 7 “It Will Be Very, Very Difficult for Him to Learn How to Function in the Class. ”	74
	Chapter 8 “It's like a Burst, a Burst of Fire. ”	87
	Chapter 9 “You Got to Hear This!”	99
	Chapter 10 “So Who Wrote It?”	110
	Chapter 11 “Jay, We Gotta Find You a Group. ”	125
	Chapter 12 “I'm the Boy Who Likes Bugs. ”	139
	Chapter 13 “Do You Think I'm Proper?”	147
	Chapter 14 “This Ain't Easy!”	158
	Chapter 15 “Church Is Not a Game!”	171
	Chapter 16 “I Think That's Why We Became Very Good Friends. ”	180
	Chapter 17 Ability Profiling and School Failure: Learning From Jay's Story	189
	Epilogue	195
	Appendix: Approaches to Inquiry, Analysis, and Representation	197
	References	217
	Author Index	227
	Subject Index	231

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