A disabling education: the case of disabled learners in Malaysia
By: Adnan, Airil Haimi.
Contributor(s): Hafiz, Intan Azreena.
Series: Disability & Society 16 (5) 2001: 655-669.Publisher: 2001Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): EDUCATION
| EDUCATIONAL NEEDS | LEARNING DISABILITY | MALAYSIA | SPECIAL NEEDSSummary: Currently there is a move by the government towards improving the state of education for learners with a disability in Malaysia. It is believed that current policy and practice do not meet the needs and requirements of these learners, partly because of the different definitions of disability adopted by various government agencies that are empowered to assist them. Employing a social constructivist framework, these definitions are examined specifically in the way they have been developed into different practices. It is argued that some of the common practices in educating learners with a disability are discriminatory and haphazardly planned. It is suggested that the education system be improved by including these learners in mainstream education, so as to help instigate postitive changes in their lives through the wider process of social inclusion. [AJ].
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Currently there is a move by the government towards improving the state of education for learners with a disability in Malaysia. It is believed that current policy and practice do not meet the needs and requirements of these learners, partly because of the different definitions of disability adopted by various government agencies that are empowered to assist them. Employing a social constructivist framework, these definitions are examined specifically in the way they have been developed into different practices. It is argued that some of the common practices in educating learners with a disability are discriminatory and haphazardly planned. It is suggested that the education system be improved by including these learners in mainstream education, so as to help instigate postitive changes in their lives through the wider process of social inclusion. [AJ].
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