Special Education for Regular Teachers: Evaluation of a Competency-Based Program

1985 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-178
Author(s):  
L. David Weller ◽  
C. Thomas Holmes

49 principals and 73 teachers responded to a survey of 39 institutions of higher education. Significant differences were noted in 6 of 9 competencies needed by secondary teachers in adapting regular curricula for exceptional students. Using this information workshops were developed and attended by 59 secondary teachers and 30 administrators. Significant differences in attitudes were noted but cognitive gains were similar whether workshops were personnel-assisted or not.

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
Nancy Mamlin ◽  
Jennifer A. Diliberto

The current investigation surveyed 83 preservice teacher education candidates enrolled in institutions of higher education (IHEs) to pursue licensure in special education. The purpose of the investigation was to determine why these candidates were pursuing a career as a special education teacher, when they decided, and where they saw themselves teaching in the near future. The survey yielded implications for potential K-12 and IHE initiatives to promote careers in the field of special education to individuals.


Author(s):  
Deanne J. Tucker-White

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the instructional approach in K-12 and institutions of higher education to be almost solely online. The challenges for schools at the beginning of the pandemic were immense. Schools faced issues such as not having a plan for families to access WiFi, students not having one-to-one devices at home, parents working at home without anyone to help students log in, special education population/disabled students unable to acquire adequate learning services, and students in poverty or experiencing homelessness who were helpless to quarantine and did not know where their next meal would come from. The closing of school doors exacerbated the historical and pervasive educational inequities and generational implications within marginalized communities. Given the tense relationships and not-great experiences with an education that many marginalized families have had, remote learning progression was a rocky one.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendra L. Williams-Diehm ◽  
Dawn A. Rowe ◽  
Margaret C. Johnson ◽  
Jean Francois Guilmeus

The field of secondary special education and transition has long advocated for quality training at the preservice level. However, transition-focused coursework is not required for all special education licensure programs. Licensure programs requiring this coursework do not cover all transition-related knowledge and skills needed for teachers to implement effective planning and instruction. This article details results from an analysis of syllabi of transition coursework required for licensure sampled from institutions of higher education (i.e., named in 2015 U.S. News & World Report, 2014 National Council on Teacher Quality report). Results found 35% of universities sampled required a transition course for initial special education licensure. Courses identified covered roughly 85% of the subdomains identified in the Taxonomy for Transition Programming 2.0.


Horizontes ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula de Freitas ◽  
Maria Inês Bacellar Monteiro ◽  
Evani Andreatta Amaral Camargo

ResumoA partir do referencial teórico histórico-cultural do desenvolvimento humano e de conceitos bakhtinianos de interação dialógica e do ato responsável, temos como objetivos neste texto compreender como professores de alunos com deficiência intelectual têm se posicionado diante do ensino na diversidade, que concepções sobre deficiência orientam seu fazer docente e como avaliam seu trabalho com estes alunos. Para responder a tais questões, analisamos encontros entre professores do Ensino Fundamental II e pesquisadores vinculados a instituições de ensino superior, em um processo de reuniões colaborativas. Foram trazidos recortes dessas falas docentes, construídos em dois episódios. Como resultados, compreendemos que os educadores têm conhecimento do que lhes cabe ensinar, no entanto, revelam o conflito em que vivem, trazendo as marcas de uma construção social da deficiência. Avaliamos que os encontros na perspectiva colaborativa podem possibilitar reflexões que permitam aos professores pensar sobre suas ações pedagógicas no ensino da diversidade.Palavras-chave: Diversidade. Perspectiva Histórico-Cultural. Educação Especial. Deficiência Intelectual.Cotidiano Escolar.Contradictions in/from school life: teachers and students with disabilities in face of diversity teachingAbstractBased on the cultural historical theory of human development and on Bakhtinian concepts of dialogicinteraction and responsible act, it is our aim to understand how teachers of students with intellectual disabilities see education in diversity, what conceptions of disability guide their teaching and how they evaluate their work with these students. To answer these questions, we analyzed meetings between Secondary Schoolteachers and researchers linked to institutions of higher education in a process of collaborative meetings. We herein present clippings of the teachers’ speeches, built in two episodes. As a result, we understand that educators are aware of what they must teach, however, they reveal the conflict in which they live, bringing the marks of asocial construction of disability. We conclude that meetings in a collaborative perspective can produce reflections that allow teachers to think about their educational actions in the teaching of diversity.Keywords: Diversity. Cultural Historical Perspective. Special Education. Intellectual Disabilities. School life.


1988 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 298-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Douglas Scutchfield ◽  
Sharon Quimson ◽  
Stephen J. Williams ◽  
Richard Hofstetter

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Y. McGorry

Institutions of higher education are realizing the importance of service learning initiatives in developing awareness of students’ civic responsibilities, leadership and management skills, and social responsibility. These skills and responsibilities are the foundation of program outcomes in accredited higher education business programs at undergraduate and graduate levels. In an attempt to meet the needs of the student market, these institutions of higher education are delivering more courses online. This study addresses a comparison of traditional and online delivery of service learning experiences. Results demonstrate no significant difference in outcomes between the online and face-to-face models.


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