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The Connotation of Special Education Labels for Professionals in the Field
Author(s) -
Norwich Brahm
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8578
pISSN - 0952-3383
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8527.00135
Subject(s) - special educational needs , special education , connotation , psychology , pedagogy , affect (linguistics) , special needs , medical education , mathematics education , sociology , medicine , linguistics , communication , psychiatry , philosophy
Brahm Norwich, Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs at Exeter University (formerly Professor of Special Education, at the Institute of Education, University of London) discusses ways in which labelling can affect attitudes to, and provision for, pupils with special educational needs. He gives details of an in‐depth study on the attitudes of experienced teachers, trainee teachers and trainee educational psychologists.