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Publication Date: 1999
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Preparing Special Educators for Cultural Diversity: How Far Have We Come?
Voltz, Deborah L.; Dooley, Elizabeth; Jefferies, Phildra
Teacher Education and Special Education, v22 n1 p66-77 Win 1999
Summarizes the status of preservice special-education teachers' preparation for diversity based on a review of the special-education literature. Issues regarding the special-education literature base, special-education professional standards, and special-education organizational structures are addressed. Identified challenges include retooling teacher educators, diversifying the profession, and resolving program content and delivery dilemmas. (DB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Diversity (Faculty), Diversity (Institutional), Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Standards, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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