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Moving forward or standing still? A reflection of ‘special’ educational provision in Malaysia.

This paper investigates influential discourses embedded within policy documents and policy-makers’ accounts to trace special education development in Malaysia. With a heavy reliance on the medical model, the distinction of the ‘educable’ and ‘ineducable’ based on self-care abilities is incongruent w...

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Published in:Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 600 - 614
Main Author: Chong, Pei Wen
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2016
Subjects:
Special education
Education policy
Education
Medical model
Schools
Students with disabilities
Malaysia
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