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ERIC Number: EJ580389
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-0534
Preparing Special Education Personnel for Rural Schools: Current Practices and Future Directions.
Ludlow, Barbara L.
Journal of Research in Rural Education, v14 n2 p57-75 Fall 1998
Rural schools experience major problems in every aspect of personnel preparation in special education. Review examines what has been done and the problems faced by rural schools in the areas of traditional and nontraditional preservice programs, individual and program qualification mechanisms, personnel recruitment and retention, and retraining teachers and therapists in rural areas. Contains 169 references. (TD)
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Labor Turnover, Nontraditional Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Recruitment, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Rural Schools, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Staff Development, Teacher Education Programs, Therapists
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cross Discipline Education
Note: Theme issue title: "Special Education in Rural Communities."