Discourse About Children with Mental Disablement: An Analysis of Teacher-Parent Conferences in Special Education Schools.

Adelsward, Viveka; Nilholm, Claes

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ERIC Number: EJ567491

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Publication Date: 1998

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Discourse About Children with Mental Disablement: An Analysis of Teacher-Parent Conferences in Special Education Schools.

Adelsward, Viveka; Nilholm, Claes

Language and Education, v12 n2 p81-98 1998

Analyzes discourse in six teacher/parent conferences in Swedish special schools, focusing on work around moral values by parents and teachers in the conferences, as well as on possible threats to such work. Argues that the discourse is, to a large extent, consensus oriented. (Author/JL)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Moral Values, Parent Attitudes, Parent Teacher Conferences, Special Education, Special Schools, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Sweden

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