ERIC Number: EJ1068293
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0887-8730
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Learning to Collaborate: General and Special Educators in Teacher Education
Pellegrino, Anthony; Weiss, Margaret; Regan, Kelley
Teacher Educator, v50 n3 p187-202 2015
One of the foremost challenges for K-12 teachers is to provide relevant learning experiences in an environment of increasing accountability and student diversity. This balance is particularly consequential for students with disabilities who rely on special and general education teachers to ensure access to and success within the general curriculum. Teacher collaboration has been viewed as a critical part of the equation to help meet the needs of those learners. In this article, we present a case study from a course codeveloped and cotaught by secondary and special education faculty working in a teacher preparation program. Findings indicate that the teacher candidates with whom we worked showed a more complex sense of collaboration and recognition of critical elements of successful collaborative partnerships at the conclusion of the course.
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Special Education Teachers, Special Education, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Teacher Collaboration, Case Studies, Secondary School Teachers, Partnerships in Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Models, Definitions, Context Effect, Course Descriptions, Questionnaires, Journal Writing, Classroom Observation Techniques, Team Teaching, Group Dynamics, Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: H325T080052