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Political/relational model of disability as the framing for rehumanizing mathematics professional development

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Description

The study situated disability in a political/relational model influenced by feminist and queer studies, in place of the traditional medical model focused on diagnosing and fixing individual deficits. This model "centers disability as an embodied experience that intersects with social conditions," defining disability in relation to shifting standards of normalcy and highlighting the curative imaginary. The professional development used this framing, alongside the disability rights movement and critical disability texts, to prompt educators to reassess deficit views of disabled mathematics learners.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Educators encounter political perspectives on disability rights and activism, not only individual-deficit framings

Constraints

  • The article presents this as a conceptual framing for the PD and analysis, not a tested instructional manipulation

Target Learners

  • Mathematics and special educators teaching students with disabilities

Learning Goals

  • Rethinking ideas about disability; disrupting deficit thinking; analyzing oppressive systems

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Rachel Lambert, Kara Imm. (2026). Teachers rehumanizing mathematics for students with disabilities; the role of empathy. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-025-09753-4
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title Political/relational model of disability as the framing for rehumanizing mathematics professional development
description The study situated disability in a political/relational model influenced by feminist and queer studies, in place of the traditional medical model focused on diagnosing and fixing individual deficits.
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generated by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-18
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