Understanding Autism

2022 ◽  
pp. 69-93
Author(s):  
Charles William Kemp
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Students With Autism ◽  
Successful Teaching

Autism is one disability that everyone has heard about. It is also the disability about which educators still know so little. This chapter will inform preservice teachers about autism using the narrative of two young men and their lives with autism. Theoretical groundings of autism, along with the myths, misperceptions, and mistakes surrounding autism are shared in the chapter. Importantly, for preservice teachers, strategies for successful teaching of students with autism will be outlined.

scholarly journals Testimonios of Latino Male Preservice Teachers as Models for Caring and Bilingualism

2022 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Gilberto Lara
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Ethic Of Care ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Young Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Male Teachers ◽  
Latino Men ◽  
Bilingual Programs ◽  
Latino Male ◽  
Institutional Challenges

This qualitative study of three Latino male preservice teachers in a bilingual education preparation program centers on the use of testimonio as a methodology to give voice to the complex experiences of young Latinos as they navigate their way through career choices and college. While work on male teachers has historically focused on white men and more recently black men, Latinos represent a very large ethnic population in the United States with varied histories, cultural practices, and linguistic practices. While caring has been conflated as a practice of female teachers, the young men in this study illustrate an ethic of care that is more complex than that of affect. Their care is directly tied to their willingness to pay forward their learning and experiences to other Latino children by way of teaching in bilingual programs. The findings of this research illustrate the complex terrain that these young men navigate as they decide on a career in a historically white and female profession. This study offers implications for in-service teachers and their role in cultivating the next generation of male teachers. For universities and colleges of education, this study offers insight into the institutional challenges and support systems these Latino men must circumnavigate.

Teacher Perceptions about Effective and Successful Teaching

1987 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarite A. Arrighi ◽  
Judith C. Young
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Perceptions ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Inservice Teachers ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Successful Teaching

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the perceptions of preservice and inservice teachers about successful and effective teaching. Two samples of preservice and inservice teachers responded to open-ended questions concerning their perceptions of teaching effectiveness and their own success. The first sample included 224 beginning physical education majors, student teachers, and inservice physical educators who identified 2,003 effective teaching components which were categorized into 20 different instructional factors by the research team. The second sample included 379 inservice and preservice teachers who were asked about their perceptions of successful teaching. Responses were then categorized by source of success: students, self, others’ reactions, or administrative. Results indicated differences in preservice and inservice teachers’ perceptions, suggesting a pattern of socialization into the teacher role. Teacher perceptions of effective and successful teaching reflected concern for student responses. Effectiveness categories identified included teaching strategy, management and organization, content, and personal characteristics. Perception of successful teaching indicated greater concern for self among preservice than inservice teachers.

Preservice Teachers’ Learning Among Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Power ◽  
Debra Costley
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Social Club ◽  
The Social ◽  
Students With Autism ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
The University

This article reports on a collaborative venture between Autism Spectrum Australia and the University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Social Club network was formed for children and adolescents to provide structured opportunities for positive peer interactions in safe, stimulating and nonjudgmental environments. The Social Clubs were run by expert facilitators with additional workers drawn from preservice teachers undertaking a service-learning unit of study within the Master of Teaching Secondary course at the University of Western Sydney. The research design included surveys and reflections. Data were drawn from 4 sources: 58 parent survey responses, 51 Social Club member survey responses, 9 facilitator survey responses and 9 preservice teachers’ reflections. Data analysis was framed by Bourdieu's work, which refers to the allocation of social power. After the experience, surveyed parents confirmed that their children were relaxed when changing topics in a conversation and working in groups. Members demonstrated that they engaged with other members and with preservice teachers. Club facilitators felt that the preservice teachers developed an understanding that students with autism spectrum disorder thrive in structured environments and that they would set up their own classrooms accordingly. For the future teachers, it was authentic learning that enriched their preparation for the classroom, however multilayered its student population might be.

School Matters: Simple Solutions to Help Students with Autism

ASHA Leader ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
Sylvia Farnsworth Diehl
Keyword(s):  
Students With Autism

Young Men at Higher Risk of Thyroid Cancer

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
HEIDI SPLETE
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Cancer ◽  
Young Men

International Replication Note Educated Unemployed Young Men in India: An Their Level of Development-orientation

1998 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-574
Author(s):  
Lal Bahadur Singh ◽  
Parmanand Prasad Singh ◽  
Meera Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Young Men ◽  
Development Orientation

An Adapted Measure of Teacher Self-Efficacy for Preservice Teachers: Exploring its Validity Across two Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Pfitzner-Eden ◽  
Felicitas Thiel ◽  
Jenny Horsley
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Multiple Group ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Teacher Self Efficacy ◽  
Dimensional Assessment ◽  
Metric Measurement

Teacher self-efficacy (TSE) is an important construct in the prediction of positive student and teacher outcomes. However, problems with its measurement have persisted, often through confounding TSE with other constructs. This research introduces an adapted TSE instrument for preservice teachers, which is closely aligned with self-efficacy experts' recommendations for measuring self-efficacy, and based on a widely used measure of TSE. We provide first evidence of construct validity for this instrument. Participants were 851 preservice teachers in three samples from Germany and New Zealand. Results of the multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses showed a uniform 3-factor solution for all samples, metric measurement invariance, and a consistent and moderate correlation between TSE and a measure of general self-efficacy across all samples. Despite limitations to this study, there is some first evidence that this measure allows for a valid 3-dimensional assessment of TSE in preservice teachers.

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