Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-19-2008
Journal Title
Journal of Special Education
Volume Number
42
Issue Number
1
First Page
55
Last Page
64
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0022466907313610
Version
Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Keywords
Developing countries, India, special education, disproportionate representation, minority groups, disabilities
Abstract
In contrast to the phenomenon of minority overrepresentation in special education in developed countries such as the United States, a paradoxical situation occurs in many developing countries, whereby majority populations are underrepresented in the educational system. The author examines some of the prevailing and traditional societal and political-economic factors specific to India that contribute to this underrepresentation, such as a paucity of resources that affects children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, gender differences in child rearing and educational expectations that affect girls, and negative attitudes toward disability.
Digital USD Citation
Kalyanpur, Maya PhD, "The Paradox of Majority Underrepresentation in Special Education in India: Constructions of Difference in a Developing Country" (2008). School of Leadership and Education Sciences: Faculty Scholarship. 11.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/soles-faculty/11
Notes
Kalyanpur, M.,The Paradox of Majority Underrepresentation in Special Education in India: Constructions of Difference in a Developing Country, Journal of Special Education (v. 42.1) pp. 55-64. Copyright © 2008 (Sage Journals). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022466907313610