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Koay, Teng Leong – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
In 1994, Brunei Darussalam adopted an inclusive educational policy and began a number of educational reforms to support the implementation of inclusion within the regular mainstream education system. These reforms include teacher education, which has witnessed the establishment and expansion of training and education opportunities for teachers to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Teacher Role, Educational Policy
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Wang, Peishi; Woolf, Sara B. – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2015
Teachers represent the largest school impact on student learning, yet the national professional teacher workforce has been described as inadequately prepared to meet the academic, linguistic, social, and other educational needs of the majority of the nation's public school student population. Moreover, youngsters from diverse linguistic, cultural,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Special Education, Cultural Differences, Disproportionate Representation
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Leko, Melinda M.; Brownell, Mary T.; Sindelar, Paul T.; Kiely, Mary Theresa – Exceptional Children, 2015
The authors consider the future of special education personnel preparation by responding to an overarching question: "What frameworks might teacher educators use as a basis to promote special education teacher effective performance now and in the future?" In answering this question, they summarize current trends in the context of…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs
Franklin, Toni M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The number of students with disabilities being served in the general education classroom is growing each year. General education teachers often feel ill-equipped to appropriately address the needs of students with disabilities because doing so requires more specialized instruction than they have been trained to provide. Teachers who are confident…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, Teacher Competencies, Regular and Special Education Relationship
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Amr, Muna – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2011
This article examines teacher education programmes in the Arab region and the extent to which teachers are prepared to work in inclusive education settings. In the Arab world, the emerging area of inclusive education faces various challenges, among them a teaching force that is not adequately prepared to teach all children. This challenge arises…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Inclusion, Disabilities, Arabs
Stocks, Amanda G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
An attitudinal resistance among teachers regarding the inclusion of children with disabilities is well documented in the literature. Studies collectively highlight two specific areas that contribute to this resistance. First, a lack of teacher knowledge or preparedness for meeting the diverse needs of children with disabilities stimulates…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Focus Groups, Disabilities, Educational Change
Spano, Colleen – Online Submission, 2010
In the state of Indiana, early childhood educators are not required to attain any pre-service education. Typically this means that the people working day to day with children have not been trained to do so, and if there is a child with a disability in the classroom the educators are especially unprepared. The purpose of this research was to…
Descriptors: Autism, Down Syndrome, Young Children, Early Childhood Education
Anderson, Mary Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Historically, the provision of special education has moved from settings isolated from children without disabilities to services in public school classrooms with non-disabled peers. As advocates began to impact civil rights legislation, the educational rights of individuals with disabilities were realized, and laws began to protect them. Public…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Education, Federal Legislation
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Schwartz, Diane; Blue, Elfreda; McDonald, Mary; Pace, Darra – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2009
With the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), the definition of a specific learning disability was significantly altered. No longer is it required that a student demonstrate a discrepancy between ability and performance to receive educational support (Horowitz, 1999). With this in mind,…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Response to Intervention, Teacher Education Programs, Learning Disabilities
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Kromrey, Jeffrey D.; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1996
Analyzes the important challenges that researchers face in the creation and use of a knowledge base for restructuring teacher education in the field of special education. Promising avenues for research to meet these challenges are delineated and the critical roles of multiparadigmatic teacher communities are highlighted. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Long, Thomas J.; Brown, Carole; Nagy-Rado, Agnes – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2007
The incidence of children with disabilities is growing in both the private and public school sectors. As a result of this trend and efforts to place children in inclusive settings, there is an increasing need for special educators who can provide instruction within the context of a regular education classroom, develop individualized education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Catholic Schools, Catholics
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Thoma, Colleen A.; Nathanson, Rebecca; Baker, Steven R.; Tamura, Ronald – Remedial and Special Education, 2002
A study involving 230 university special educators found they have heard of self-determination as a concept and believe it is important to teach the core skills that allow students with disabilities an opportunity to be self-determined. However, knowledge they received in undergraduate and graduate programs fell short of their needs. (Contains…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Smith, Sean – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2001
This article discusses the U.S. Department of Education's Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology (PT3) program, an initiative that seeks to enhance the integration of technology across teacher preparation programs. The need for greater participation of special education teacher preparation programs in PT3 is stressed. (CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Cramer, Sharon; Krasinski, Sandra; Crutchfield, Margaret D.; Sackmary, Benjamin; Scalia, Lynne – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2000
This article shows how the Council for Exceptional Children's (CEC) standards for the preparation and licensure of special educators can provide guidance to all, whether embarking on careers or seeking enhancement through professional development opportunities. Challenges and strategies for implementing the CEC standards using collaboration and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Shepherd, Terry L.; Brown, Randel D. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2003
This article describes the teacher preparation program in Texas that has evolved from a traditional 4-year program, to an alternative certification route, then to a post-baccalaureate certification. An analysis of each program's results indicates teachers who completed the traditional undergraduate program were better qualified to teach than those…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study
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