Community-Based Education for Students with Developmental Disabilities in Tanzania

• Main Author: Stone-MacDonald, Angela (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Educational sociology.; Child development.; Sociology.; Cultural studies.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Childhood Education.; Sociology, general.; Cultural Studies.

Based on a yearlong ethnographic study, this book describes the daily life and work of the Irente Rainbow School, a special education school for students with developmental disabilities in Lushoto, Tanzania.  It examines the use of local context, community funds of knowledge, culturally relevant ped...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Local Culture
• Chapter 3. Irente Rainbow School
• Chapter 4. A Week at the Irente Rainbow School
• Chapter 5. The Academic and Vocational Classrooms
• Chapter 6. Circles Of Influence
• Chapter 7. What Can We Learn from this Community.