DEE605 History of Disability in Education

Educational knowledge is often viewed as evolutionary and progressive, leading to incremental improvement of services for individuals with disabilities. This course critically examines the foundational grand narratives of progress and emancipation evident in a traditional or modernist conception of disability in education. Course participants will draw from critical perspectives to explore the assumptions, conceptions and discontinuities evident in the history of disability as represented in primary and secondary sources and contemporary historical accounts. Prerequisite(s): Admission to a doctoral program in NCE, post-masters status, or consent of instructor. 3 semester hours