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Same but Different: Exploring Young Children's Understandings About Disability

Mouzourou, Chryso

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Title
Same but Different: Exploring Young Children's Understandings About Disability
Author(s)
Mouzourou, Chryso
Issue Date
2009
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
  • Santos, Rosa Milagros
  • Thomas Schwandt
Department of Study
Special Education
Discipline
Special Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Early Childhood
Language
eng
Abstract
The ecological framework is revisited in the discussion as a way to address issues related to school and classroom organization and structure and how they affected children's relationships with and perspectives about peers with disabilities. Furthermore, study findings are linked with existing literature on children's perspectives about peers with disabilities, as well as literature from the field of disability studies Finally, implications for research and practice are discussed.
Graduation Semester
2009
Type of Resource
text
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