A Case Study of Unfounded Concepts Underpinning Controversial Practices: Lost in "Space Dyslexia"

Autor/in	Stephenson, Jennifer
Titel	A Case Study of Unfounded Concepts Underpinning Controversial Practices: Lost in "Space Dyslexia"
Quelle	In: International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 56 (2009) 1, S.37-47 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1034-912X
Schlagwörter	Reading Difficulties; Dyslexia; Case Studies; Family Influence; Teaching Methods; Book Reviews; Spatial Ability; Space Exploration; Intervention; Special Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Book reviewing; Book review; Rezension; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Weltraumforschung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen
Abstract	Although many are critical of the uptake of unproven practices by teachers and families in their search for treatment for children with reading difficulties, there has been little examination of the specific conditions that persuade teachers and families to adopt such practices. This article traces the emergence and evolution of a particular meme, space dyslexia, and related memes. The space dyslexia meme is shown to be an unfounded concept, but one that has proved attractive to the popular media and presumably to those seeking alternative treatments. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10