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ERIC Number: EJ623076
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
The Retreat from Inquiry and Knowledge in Special Education.
Sasso, Gary M.
Journal of Special Education, v34 n4 p178-93 Win 2001
This article discusses postmodern and cultural relativist ideas in special education. It offers examples of how the adoption of these doctrines is dangerous and destructive to students with special needs and explores possible resolutions. (Contains references.) (Author)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Philosophy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Postmodernism, Special Education, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Relativism