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Plotner, Anthony J.; Marshall, Kathleen J.; Smith-Hill, Rebecca B. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2023
Highly qualified and well-prepared transition professionals are arguably the most important piece to improve postsecondary outcomes for youth with diverse needs. A dearth of dynamic field placements for preservice teachers to connect coursework to practice has been identified as a gap in teacher training. This need could be potentially filled by…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Inclusion, Postsecondary Education
Bumble, Jennifer L.; Rooney-Kron, Magen; Gilson, Carly B.; Sanderson, Kelli A.; Regester, April – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2023
Special education teachers play an integral role in preparing students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) for a successful transition to their desired postsecondary pathways. As more opportunities arise for students with IDD to attend inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs, there is a growing need for special…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Inclusion, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Clausen, Amy M.; Anderson, Ashley; Spooner, Fred; Walker, Virginia L.; Hujar, Julia – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2023
Students with extensive support needs (ESN) benefit from inclusion in general education settings with their same-age peers. Many teachers, however, report feeling overwhelmed and underprepared to effectively educate students with ESN within general education settings. To mitigate this, we must ensure that content related to the instruction and…
Descriptors: Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Markelz, Andrew M.; Nagro, Sarah A.; Szocik, Katherine; Monnin, Kevin; Gerry, Margot; Macedonia, Anna; Mason, Allison – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the nature and extent that undergraduate special education programs teach special education law. Extant data from the state department of education websites and a sample of university department webpages (n = 67) were analyzed to identify educational requirements. In addition, a sample of faculty…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Special Education, Laws, Undergraduate Study
Kurth, Jennifer A.; Allcock, Heather; Walker, Virginia; Olson, Amy; Taub, Deborah – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2021
Teacher preparation for inclusive education of students with significant disabilities requires an understanding of the requisite skills and dispositions to be taught during the teacher preparation period. Given the relative scarcity of inclusive placements for this population, as well as limited research-based teacher preparation practices to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators, Expertise, Special Education
Maggin, Daniel M.; Collins, Tai A.; Foster, Josalyn A.; Scott, Meagan N.; Mossing, Kandace W.; Dorsey, Catrina M. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2022
The field of special education continues to grapple with the presence and implications of disproportional representation related to race and ethnicity. While research focuses mostly on disproportional representation of students, there remains long-standing acknowledgment that too few students of color populate our special education university…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs
Neeper, Lance S.; Dymond, Stacy K. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2020
The purpose of this investigation was to determine how service-learning (SL) is used by special education faculty in higher education courses. Participants were 13 special education faculty with documented expertise in SL pedagogy. Sources of data included a demographic questionnaire, a semistructured interview, and course documents. Interviews…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Hagaman, Jessica L.; Casey, Kathryn J. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2018
In the field of special education, attrition plays a major role in a persistent teacher shortage problem. Over the past few decades, researchers in general education and special education have investigated the various reasons why new teachers leave the field and ways in which they can be better supported to stay in their positions. Despite the…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility
Hugh, Maria L.; Pullmann, Michael D.; Joshi, Mahima; Tagavi, Daina M.; Ahlers, Kaitlyn; Hernandez, Alyssa M.; Locke, Jill – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2023
Educators often feel ill-equipped to support autistic students in general education contexts, although research shows that inclusion in these settings can contribute to positive outcomes. Professional development (PD) in evidence-based practices (EBPs) for autistic students can address this need; however, it is essential to understand the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Evidence Based Practice
Murphy, Michelle R.; Marshall, Kathleen J. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were developed to encourage a common focus of instruction and evaluation in the areas of mathematics, reading/language arts, writing, speaking, and listening. As of 2011, all but five states have adopted CCSS for math and English Language Arts (ELA), with another adopting only the standards for ELA. With…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, State Standards, Focus Groups
Stark, Kristabel; Koslouski, Jessica – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2021
As of 2015, approximately one in five special educators received licensure through an alternative pathway. Although evidence suggests that emotional exhaustion contributes to special educator attrition, few studies examine firsthand the emotional experiences of novice, alternatively certified special educators. Guided by Tuxford and Bradley's…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Fatigue (Biology)
Mueller, Tracy Gershwin; Vick, Anna Moriarity – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2019
There is limited research about effective Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting practices that promote family-professional collaboration. One emerging practice, the Facilitated IEP (FIEP) meeting, has recently gained national attention for its team-based approach. In this study, the authors interview 32 FIEP participants about their…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Individualized Education Programs, Meetings, Teamwork
van Garderen, Delinda; Scheuermann, Amy; Poch, Apryl L. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2019
In this article, we present findings that examined special education teachers' perception of students' with disabilities ability, instructional needs, and difficulties for using visual representations (VRs) as a strategy to solve mathematics problems. In addition, whether these perceptions differed by instructional grade or setting currently…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
Knackstedt, Kimberly M.; Leko, Melinda M.; Siuty, Molly Baustien – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2018
In this study, the authors present findings from a survey of 577 secondary special educators in a large Midwestern state regarding their reading pre-service and in-service teacher preparation and its effect on teachers' sense of preparedness for teaching reading to adolescents with disabilities. Six models were fitted using multinomial logistic…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Legislation, Regression (Statistics), Teacher Attitudes
Morfidi, Eleni; Samaras, Anastasia P. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
In this exploratory study, the authors examine Greek special education teachers' individual and collaborative teaching experiences in the context of their literacy instruction. The Five Foci Framework, situated in Vygotskian theory, is utilized in the study's design to examine special education teachers' individual and collaborative experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Teaching Experience, Teacher Collaboration