ERIC Number: ED591786
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Apr-13
Pages: 11
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Going Upstream: Radical Change in the Midst of Mediocrity
Patterson, Donna R.; O'Connor, Susan Elizabeth
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New York City, NY, Apr 13-17, 2018)
College is the first special education licensure program in the country to require its candidates to participate in a year-long class which teaches grassroots organizing skills within a civic-agency curriculum known as Public Achievement. Interviews and survey data were conducted with alumni of the program and results are reported. Result from research on a civic-agency curriculum embedded in a special education licensure program show that teachers have an increased sense of capacity and self-efficacy, stronger intentions of staying in the field of special education, and a positive shift in perceptions of youth identified with significant disabilities.
Descriptors: Special Education, Teacher Education Programs, Activism, Alumni, Special Education Teachers, Citizenship Education, Program Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Concept, Self Efficacy, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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