Hello Han and everyone:
I should clarify that what I mean by "ability" is a social
category that selects out certain things people can do and
invests them with meaning that justifies the organization of
society and level of individual status. The number of abilities
that could be important are infinite (I can walk, I can balance
seven cans of vegetables on my nose, I can wipe my own bottom, I
can drink two quarts of water before going to bed and not have
to wake up and pee, etc.)
The moral component is ideological, not "real" or objective. So
just as women have been discriminated against based on so-called
abilities (height, shoulder strength, ability to stay in a
straight career track, etc.), disabled people have also. I'm
wondering whether any scholars have taken up this issue in
gender studies, or race studies (people of color have been
historically slandered as lacking abilities of intelligence,
determination, courage, etc.), or in more established
disciplines, such as in philosophy or political science.
Thank you
John
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Subject: Re: Seeking resources on "ability"
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:04:13 -0400, John B. Kelly
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[...snip...]
>I'm especially interested in
>how it has a strong moral component (ability is what gets you
to succeed,
>and if you succeed you must have ability, which means you must
be better
>than other people that don't succeed).
While I don't agree with your relationship of _morality_ to
_ability_
or that _ability_ is the road to _success_, I think that
discussion
belongs in a different thread.
Although they may seem unrelated, they all refer to the concept
of "ability" -- perhaps differently -- so I hope the following
URLs
satisfy your needs.
The National Ability Center
http://www.nac1985.org/
http://www.nationalabilitycenter.org/
#Ayn Rand: Temporarily Abled
http://www.aynrandchat.com/essays-tempable.html
Adjusting The Course Pt II: High Expectations And Standards
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/DeptEd/royal/document/adcrse2/sect5.htm
l
Music Education and Student Self-Concept
http://music.arts.usf.edu/rpme/rpmereyn.htm
The Impact of Motivational Factors on Exam Anxiety
http://www.tivoli.com/services/certification/wp/examanxiety.pdf
The Hartford's Break Away Program: What is Team Ability?
http://breakaway.thehartford.com/team.html
The Caldeson Picture Concept Indexing models
http://www.caldeson.com/moodtop.html
Origin of the name "Red Queen" Ltd.
http://www.redqueen.demon.co.uk/about%20us.html
Implicit Phenomenal Knowledge and the Lewis-Nemirow Ability
Hypothesis
http://ua1vm.ua.edu/~talter/Implicit.htm
The uses and limits of self-construction
http://www.dyad.org/d08G04.htm
Measuring Ability and Managing Learning
http://www.assessmenttech.com/pages/research/galileotechmanual_f
iles/measuri
ngabilityandmanaginglearning.html
(you may have to cut and paste the previous lines together)
Cheers!
--
Han Tacoma
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