Concepedia

Shifting lenses: A critical examination of disability in adult education

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education · 2011 · 24 citations · 22 references

Concepts

Social SciencesAdult EducationSpecial EducationDisabilityInclusive EducationDefinition Of DisabilityDisability IdentityDisability InclusionDisability RepresentationDisability Studies TheorySocial Model Of DisabilityDisability Identity FormationDisability In Adult LearningDisability In EducationDisability Self-representationSocial Construction Of MeaningSocial Knowledge ConstructionSocial Reality Construction

Abstract

Abstract Adult educators discuss disability as an organizing variable, rarely troubling the concept of disability as an identity marker by examining its social construction.

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