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To request review copies [email protected] Back to contents 130 Education The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education Marie Tejero Hughes & Elizabeth Talbott Both of University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Series: Wiley Handbooks in Education ISBN: 978-1-118-76888-4 | Feb 2017 | 544PP The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education is a state-of-the-art reference showcasing cutting-edge special education research with a focus on children and youth with disabilities from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and economic backgrounds. This authoritative contribution to the field charts a new path to effective interventions and sets an agenda for future research. Both the structure and the content of The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education address disabilities from an international perspective. It will help readers to understand contemporary issues associated with educating diverse students with disabilities, including race, culture and special education; assessment; family involvement, and teacher preparation. The book features research and teaching strategies for diverse students with disabilities in the various content areas in special education: reading, writing, mathematics, and science. This handbook provides the latest thinking of established experts as well as new voices and perspectives of scholars rising in the field of special education. •• Cutting-edge special education research focusing on children and youth with disabilities from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and economic backgrounds •• An authoritative contribution to the field, this work charts a new path to effective interventions and sets an agenda for future research •• Addresses disabilities from an international perspective About the Editors Marie Tejero Hughes is a Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. She has been widely published in a variety of academic journals and has held a number of leadership roles, including chair of the Special Education Special Interest Group at the American Educational Research Association. Elizabeth Talbott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.


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