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Benikia Kressler; Amy Kunkel; Yun-Ju Hsiao; Haerin Park – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
The purpose of this literature review is to examine studies that explore critical special education teacher educators' use of anti-racist and anti-ableist pedagogy and/or Dis/ability Critical Race Studies Theory (DisCrit) as a framework for their curriculum, teaching strategies, and/or teaching techniques. We focus particularly on teacher…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Racism, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Berenato, Carolyn; Severino, Lori – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2017
Colleges and universities can have an impact on the entire field of education when preparing teachers for one of the most challenging part of the job: teaching literacy. When teachers are properly trained and have a toolbox of strategies and teaching techniques to use, they can have a tremendous impact on student learning. In teacher preparation…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Skills
Beyda-Lorie, Sandra; Kritikos, Effie; Messerer, Jeffrey – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Research shows that educators are not prepared to address real life issues such as substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and bullying in the classroom. Yet, students with learning disabilities remain vulnerable to each of these pressing life issues. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether the curriculum infusion (CI) model increased the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
Ball, Douglas E. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Two professors of reading redesigned, merged, and co-taught their respective methods courses (one elementary, one special education) to foster "literacy for all" through interdisciplinary content and collaboration. The characteristic needs of students with learning disabilities and the instructional strategies that promote their literacy…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teaching Methods
Edgerton, Mary Allen – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
What this author admired most about Sally Smith was the fact that she was a visionary about people and what they could accomplish. She saw more potential in a person--young or old--than anybody or even they themselves, frankly, had ever even considered possible. She was a genius at seeing the potential in people, expecting them to find it in…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Gifted, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Holley, Lisa – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
To most people in the author's profession of Special Education, the "D" means "disabilities." At The Lab School of Washington, the "D" means "different"--learning "differently" and teaching "differently." Sally Smith, the founder of the school, had this uncanny ability to see things in her staff that they could not. The year the author graduated…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Laboratory Schools, Learning Disabilities, Museums
Fox, Laurie – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
In 1970, this first program supporting college students with language-based learning disabilities was a radical pioneer. While an exemplar for 40 years, there are fresh challenges today in the form of competition for diminished numbers of 18 year olds. To better understand what helps and what matters to students, research needs to go beyond most…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Executive Function, Longitudinal Studies
Narkon, Drue E.; Black, Rhonda S.; Jenkins, Amelia – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Five undergraduate, dual preparation pre-service teachers who began their program in the fall of 2005 were followed through their second and third semesters of their two-year program of study. The study examined their (a) beliefs about how to teach reading to students with learning disabilities and to students without learning disabilities, and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Journal Writing, Reading Programs, Learning Disabilities
Harth, Robert; Burns, Carol – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
This study investigated the vocational outcomes for a group of young adults with multiple learning disabilities who attended a two-year post-secondary program. One hundred graduates of the program representing the first 15 years of the program participated in the study. Results indicated that large numbers of graduates were employed in both full…
Descriptors: Employment, Graduates, Young Adults, Multiple Disabilities
McGuire, Joan M.; Scott, Sally S. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
With diversity constituting a hallmark of American higher education, college classrooms are becoming increasingly characterized by students with differing educational histories, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. The importance of using inclusive instructional strategies becomes even more significant when teaching heterogeneous groups of…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups
Cook, Lysandra; Hennessey, Mary L.; Cook, Bryan G.; Rumrill, Phillip D. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
A focus group with nine university professionals from two large Midwestern universities was conducted to investigate their perceptions regarding the unexpected impact of increasing numbers of students with learning disabilities attending college. Participants consisted of six faculty members, two directors of Offices of Student Disability…
Descriptors: College Students, Special Needs Students, Mainstreaming, Inclusive Schools