ERIC Number: EJ961682
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-6819
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First Year Co-Teaching: Disclosed through Focus Group and Individual Interviews
Isherwood, Robert; Barger-Anderson, Richael; Merhaut, Joseph; Badgett, Rebecca; Katsafanas, Jodi
Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v17 n3 p113-122 Fall 2011
Focus group interviews and individual interviews were conducted with 47 faculty members and administrators in a rural school district in Western Pennsylvania to determine strategies for consideration when attempting to establish and implement a co-teaching program. Participants were part of a school district in its second year of adopting a co-teaching program. They shared some of the common socio-technical problems experienced in the first year of the co-teaching program and offered suggestions to avoid these problems in the future. Roadblocks identified in successful implementation included: dysfunctional co-teaching relationships, lack of common planning time, skewed classroom composition, lack of curriculum familiarity, and non-compatibility with the school management information system. A description of potential solutions to these roadblocks was also provided. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Focus Groups, Familiarity, Management Information Systems, Interviews, School Districts, Team Teaching, Faculty, Administrators, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Partnerships in Education, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Educational Change, Disabilities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004; No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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