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Peer reviewedGray, David E.; Denicolo, Pam – British Journal of Special Education, 1998
Argues that assumptions of the empirical-analytic paradigm that social-science research is objective may be flawed, and researchers need to be aware of the political and ideological influences in research on special-needs education. An alternative model is offered which challenges the "normalization" approach to teaching students with special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Ideology
