TY - BOOK ID - 14202880 TI - Community-based education for students with developmental disabilities in Tanzania PY - 2014 SN - 9400773196 940077320X PB - Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Community-based family services KW - Developmentally disabled KW - Education KW - Disabled, Developmentally KW - Education. KW - Educational sociology. KW - Child development. KW - Sociology. KW - Cultural studies. KW - Education and sociology. KW - Sociology, Educational. KW - Sociology of Education. KW - Childhood Education. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Cultural Studies. KW - People with disabilities KW - Developmental disabilities KW - Family services KW - Early childhood education. KW - Early Childhood Education. KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Child study KW - Children KW - Development, Child KW - Developmental biology KW - Education and sociology KW - Social problems in education KW - Society and education KW - Sociology, Educational KW - Sociology KW - Development KW - Aims and objectives KW - Popular culture KW - Study and teaching KW - Cultural studies KW - Culture KW - Study and teaching. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14202880 AB - 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 pedagogy, and community support to teach students with disabilities important life skills, independence, self-advocacy and to fight for their human rights. This book offers several lessons for different audiences; it is a primer on disability and education in a rural African town, an alternative model for non-governmental agencies to consider in designing community-based and community-engaged programs, and a story about an exceptional group of teachers, students and families who took action to provide an education and a realization of rights for children with disabilities. . ER -