BOOK NOTES
Scholar offers global perspective on educational systems and practices
"Exceptional Learners: Education and Research from a Global Perspective" by Ivan Z. Holowinsky. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 2001. 178 pp. $38.95, paper, or $59.95, cloth.
Prof. Ivan Z. Holowinsky has dedicated his academic career to studying the dynamics and trends in special education and related services. His latest work, "Exceptional Learners: Education and Research from a Global Perspective," explores the development and implementation of special education from its beginnings in ancient Greek times, up to and including the present.
According to Dr. Holowinsky, the current trend toward globalization calls for a greater understanding of educational systems and practices in both established and developing nations. Thus, Dr. Holowinsky has included pertinent information on educational institutions from six continents.
The book's historical perspective helps the reader to better understand the scope and importance of special education. By analyzing the mistakes that educators of the mentally and physically handicapped made in the past, Mr. Holowinsky illuminates the path for better special education in the future.
"Exceptional Learners" also contains several pages on education in Ukraine, which cover such topics as Ukrainian teacher training, general education, disability classification and special education.
Dr. Holowinsky is a professor of educational psychology at the graduate level at Rutgers University and was a Fulbright Scholar to Ukraine in 1995.
"Exceptional Learners" is available from Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 2600 S. First St., Springfield, IL 62704, or by calling (800) 258-8980.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, August 12, 2001, No. 32, Vol. LXIX
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