The Case of the Disappearing/Appearing Slow Learner: An Interpretive Mystery. Part One: A Strange and Earnest Client
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https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.v0i0.53271Keywords:
fiction, hermeneutics, mystery, slow learners, psychology, educationAbstract
Max Hunter, a West Coast private detective, receives a call from John Williamson, a special education teacher / coordinator requesting his help to find the educational category of slow learners. He journeys to Calgary and visits Williamson in his school. After some discussion Max agrees to take the case. Max meets an informant with a surprising connection to the case, and finds some key clues, as well as peril, during a visit to the public library.
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Claypool, T., Murusiak, T. Christopher, & Janzen, H. (2008). Ability and achievement variables in average, low average, and borderline students. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 54(4), 432-447.
Couture, J.C. (2012). Inclusion - Alberta’s educational palimpsest. ATA Magazine, 92(3), 54.
Foucault, M. (1974). Prisons et asiles dans le mécanisme du pouvoir. In C. O’Farrell (Trans.) Dits et Ecrits Volume II. Foucault. Paris, France: Gallimard. Retrieved from http://www.michel-foucault.com/quote/2004q.html.
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http://schoolpsychologistfiles.com/slowlearnerfaq/
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