This powerful volume represents the broadest engagement with disability issues in South Africa yet. Themes include: theoretical approaches to and representations of disability, governmental and civil society responses to disability, aspects of education as these pertain to the oppression, liberation of disabled people, social security for disabled people, the complex politics permeating service, provision relationships and consideration of disability in relation to human spaces, physical, economic and philosophical. Noteworthy, is the inclusivity of its nearly fifty contributors, many of whom write both as disabled South Africans and as educators, , linguists, psychologists, human rights activists, entrepreneurs, mental health practitioners, academics, and NGO and government officials. Equally stimulating is the range of writing styles, including interviews, a provocatively stark contrasting of voices in a chapter on Psychiatric Disability and Social Change, various well-crafted articles on theoretical issues, and the autobiographical style of many of the contributions. Firmly located within the social model of disability, this collection will resonate powerfully with contemporary thinking and research in the disability field and will set the benchmark for cutting-edge debates in a transforming South Africa.
Type of Material:
Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:
Homework reading
Self-paced learning
This book could be used in-class as a text or a chapter could be used to supplement another text.
Technical Requirements:
Internet access
Web browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:
After completion of the educational material, the learner will be able to
Explain the South African government approach to provide resources to people with a disability.
Describe accommodations for people with disabilites within academic settings.
Discuss new ways of thinking about disabilities in South Africa.
Explain the social context of disabilities.
Compare disabilities in the international context versus South Africa
Target Student Population:
College General Ed
Upper division college courses
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
No previous content knowledge necessary.
Book is in PDF format and no other computer skills necessary.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
Includes valid content supported with citations and references.
Content is thorough and appropriate.
The content approach is text in a PDF OER textbook.
The book does a good job of raising questions and examining perspectives in the text.
The concepts are valid and agrees with reality in 2006. The content is presented by several different authors with different perspective of disabiities. That provides a broader approach.
Concerns:
To reach a variety of learners, the incorporation of images, audiovisuals, video, chapter discussion questions, and text boxes would greatly improve the book.
The book was written in 2006, so is an older book.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The text of the book is interesting and presents perspectives related to disabilities.
Chapters were written based on a personal experience.
Other chapters depected the currect practices in South Africa.
Disability is discussed both from the disabled person's view and also from the non-disabled view.
Student are able to view the environment, society, and personal implications related to disabilities.
Concerns:
The book is all text. It is quite scholarly, but the format may not reach all learners of varied learning styles. By adding audiovisuals the book may reach more learners.
A suggestion for improvement is to include learning outcomes at the start of each chapter.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The site has a clear and consistent layout to reach the PDF book.
The software is easy to navigate and in working order.
Concerns:
Older book from 2006.
Lacks audiovisual variety to reach a variety of learners.
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