ERIC Number: EJ1164543
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 14
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Preparing Preservice Teachers for Inclusive Classrooms: A State-Wide Survey of Teacher Education Faculty
Lang, Lucinda Anne; Bell, Sherry Mee
Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, p44-57 Fall 2017
Faculty (N = 154) from approved Tennessee teacher education programs across the range of disciplines responded to an online survey designed to assess the extent to which they practice, teach, and express confidence in co-teaching, collaboration and implementation of universal design for learning (UDL). Faculty strongly endorsed items indicating they practice, teach, have confidence in, and receive departmental support for collaboration and UDL. In contrast, faculty less strongly endorsed items on their practice, teaching, confidence, and departmental support for co-teaching. General education faculty reported less practice of (p < 0.01) and confidence in (p < 0.01) co-teaching than special education faculty. From open-ended responses, major obstacles identified were lack of time, separation of general and special education departments, "buy-in", and lack of skill in and knowledge of those practices. Results confirm the need for cross-discipline collaboration between general and special teacher education faculty to ensure candidate preparation for effective inclusive practice.
Descriptors: Inclusion, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Educators, Online Surveys, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Team Teaching, Teacher Collaboration, Teaching Skills, Self Efficacy, Special Education Teachers, Barriers, Disabilities, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Tennessee
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