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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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A Historical Perspective on the Role of Collaboration in Teacher Education Reform: Making Good on the Promise of Teaching All Students
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Pugach, Marleen C.; Blanton, Linda P.; Correa, Vivian I. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2011
This article provides an analysis of how collaborative teacher education has developed in terms of practice, discourse, and the relationship between general and special education across three historical stages. It explores how collaborative teacher education between general and special education has been positioned over time in relationship to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Change, Special Education
Using a Classification System to Probe the Meaning of Dual Licensure in General and Special Education
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Blanton, Linda P.; Pugach, Marleen C. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2011
The alignment of the teacher quality provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the transparency of low achievement of students who have disabilities under the testing mandates of NCLB have converged to create substantial renewed interest and activity in collaborative programs…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Models, Federal Legislation
A Pilot Project Investigating the Influence of a Collaborative Methods Course on Preservice Elementary Teachers.
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Nowacek, E. Jane; Blanton, Linda P. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1996
A study examined whether instruction in collaborative skills and learning characteristics of students with mild disabilities (MD) would influence 17 preservice elementary education teachers' attitudes toward students with MD, knowledge of learning characteristics, and their instructional planning. Results found differences in instructional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Instructional Development, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Perceptions of Special Education Teacher Trainee Competence.
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Blanton, Linda P.; Fimian, Michael J. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1986
Analysis of teacher trainee performance ratings collected from special education teacher trainees (N=151), university supervisors (N=9), and cooperating teachers (N=44) revealed that all three groups perceived identical factors--instructional management, cognitive strategies instruction, and career/vocational education--as underlying the construct…
Descriptors: Career Education, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Competency Based Teacher Education
Variables Related to Stress and Burnout in Special Education Teacher Trainees and First-Year Teachers.
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Fimian, Michael J.; Blanton, Linda P. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1986
Role, stress, and burnout of 379 special education teacher trainees and 36 first year teachers were examined. Results indicated that the majority of such problems were significntly interrelated, not all backgound variables predicted significant stress and burnout levels, and different levels of problems were observed at various stages of…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Prediction, Special Education Teachers, Stress Variables
An Exploratory Study of How General and Special Education Teachers Think and Make Instructional Decisions about Students with Special Needs.
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Blanton, Linda P.; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1994
Twenty special education and 20 general education teachers viewed a videotape of a reading comprehension lesson with a small group of third graders, 1 of whom had a learning disability. Analysis of teacher responses suggested that general and special teacher groups may possess different professional knowledge structures on which they interpret…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Instructional Development