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ERIC Number: EJ334377
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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ISSN: ISSN-0015-511X
The Crisis in Special Education Knowledge: A Perspective on Perspective.
Skrtic, Thomas M.
Focus on Exceptional Children, v18 n7 p1-16 Mar 1986
The author examines two types of criticism (theoretical and practical) of special education knowledge, reviews the implications of metatheoretical criticism (including the concepts of paradigm and paradigm shift), and asserts that special education knowledge should be paradigmatic and multidisciplinary. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Special Education, Theories, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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