Dyslexia a history
This first comprehensive history of dyslexia charts a journey that begins with Victorian medicine and continues to dyslexia becoming the most globally recognized specific learning difficulty. Philip Kirby and Margaret Snowling use a historical lens to explain current debates around dyslexia, and to...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal, Quebec :
McGill-Queen's University Press
[2022]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009757140306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- What's in a Word? Dyslexia in Historical Perspective
- Foundations
- Dyslexia Discovered: Word-Blindness, Victorian Medicine, and Education (1877–1917)
- Dyslexia Goes Global: Psychology, Childhood, and Trans-Atlanticism (1925–48)
- Evidence
- Dyslexia Discussed: The Foundation and Work of the Word Blind Centre (1962–72)
- Researching Dyslexia: From the Discrepancy Definition to Cognitive Neuroscience (1964–2009)
- Recognition: The Example of Britain
- Tackling Dyslexia: Class, Gender, and the Construction of a Dyslexia Infrastructure (1962–97)
- Dyslexia Legislated: Literacy, Policy, and the Achievement of Official Status (1962–2010)
- Legacies
- Dyslexia Today and Tomorrow: Discourses of Dyslexia in the Twenty-First Century
- Conclusion
- Timeline: Fifty Key Dates
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
