ERIC Number: EJ941917
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Nov
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
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Elementary Teachers' Knowledge and Use of Interventions and Barriers to Promoting Student Self-Determination
Cho, Hyun-Jeong; Wehmeyer, Michael; Kingston, Neal
Journal of Special Education, v45 n3 p149-156 Nov 2011
The No Child Left Behind Act (2001) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004) emphasize accountability to improve student academic achievement. Promoting self-determination has been proposed as a means to achieving this outcome. Elementary teachers in 30 states were surveyed to measure (a) their perceived importance of self-determination, (b) to what extent they teach it, and (c) the barriers that inhibit them from teaching it. Both general and special educators assigned considerable importance to self-determination instruction and reported at least occasionally providing such instruction. The authors found a lack of congruence between the value teachers place on promoting self-determination and the time they devote to teaching it. Limitations and implications are discussed, and suggestions for future research are offered. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Self Determination, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Barriers, Elementary School Teachers, Intervention, Educational Practices, Teacher Attitudes, Time Factors (Learning), Incidence, Familiarity, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Questionnaires, Individual Differences, Teaching Styles, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004; No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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