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Mohammad Al-Rashaida; Ayman Massouti – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2024
The study aimed to explore the challenges and potential benefits of online delivery in preparing pre-service teachers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for inclusive teaching. The study specifically examined their readiness to assist students with special educational needs (SEN) within the K-12 education system. It employed semi-structured…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Preservice Teacher Education
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Gaad, Eman – Journal of International Education Research, 2015
This paper presents the findings of a government-funded research project that was aimed at providing well-trained teacher assistants to enable inclusion of learners with intellectual disabilities in 21 Emirati government schools across the United Arab Emirates. The project is a first in the country and attracted media attention because of its dual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Mainstreaming, Inclusion
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Hafner, Dedra; Moffatt, Courtney; Kisa, Nutullah – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2011
Cutting-Edge provides inclusion in college for students with intellectual disabilities (SWID). Cutting-Edge students attended college by taking undergraduate courses, resided in student housing, and engaged in student-life events as well as pursued community service, internships and employment. Undergraduate students were the best means to teach…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities
Fullerton, Ann; Ruben, Barbara J.; McBride, Stephanie; Bert, Susan – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2011
If classroom teachers are among the greatest determinant of student learning, then teacher preparation programs have a role to play improving educational outcomes for struggling learners. There are currently three established teacher preparation program models: (1) "discrete"; (2) "integrated"; and (3) "merged." In the "discrete" model, which is…
Descriptors: Program Design, Secondary Education, Models, Program Evaluation
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Maude, Susan P.; Catlett, Camille; Moore, Susan; Sanchez, Sylvia Y.; Thorp, Eva K.; Corso, Rob – Infants and Young Children, 2010
This article provides an overview and the results of the Crosswalks Intervention, which was developed, implemented, and evaluated to support inclusive early childhood preservice programs to be more reflective of, and responsive to, cultural and linguistic diversity. The Crosswalks Intervention, funded by the US Department of Education, was a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology
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Maude, Susan P.; Hodges, Lisa Naig; Brotherson, Mary Jane; Hughes-Belding, Kere; Peck, Nancy; Weigel, Cindy; Sharp, Lisa – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2009
Professional development that focuses on supporting teachers' abilities to work with diverse families is keenly needed. This article outlines three instructional strategies and how they were used with undergraduate students in an inclusive early childhood teacher education program: (a) involving diverse family members as instructional supports;…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Young Children