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Agriculture Teachers' Perception and Practice for Teaching Students with Disabilities
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Killingsworth, Justin Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Federal legislation mandates that appropriate education be provided for all students in US public schools (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2004; No Child Left Behind, 2001). The use of evidence-based instructional practices for special education, such as Direct Instruction and Strategy Instruction, is one example of mandated…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities
A Qualitative Study of the Current Transformation to Rural Village Early Childhood in China: Retrospect and Prospect
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Hu, Bi Ying; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – International Journal of Educational Development, 2013
By far, literature regarding Chinese early childhood education and care (ECEC) has primarily focused on Youeryuan in urban settings. Youeryuan is the everyday Chinese term used for ECEC programs serving children ages three to six, which does include the U.S. version of the kindergarten year. This paper will refer to Youeryuan rather than the…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Kindergarten, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
When Inclusion Is Innovation: An Examination of Administrator Perspectives on Inclusion in China
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Hu, Bi Ying; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – Journal of School Leadership, 2011
This article examines administrator perspectives of innovative services for the inclusion of young children with disabilities in regular preschool classrooms in China. Twelve directors from 12 pilot inclusion preschools in Beijing participated in this study. Qualitative interview results revealed the following subthemes: definition, advocacy,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Administrators, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students
A Collaborative Approach to Helping Teacher Education Faculty Model Technology Integration in Their Courses: An Informal Case.
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Zachariades, Iacovos; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 1995
Describes an innovative and collaborative approach to helping teacher educators better prepare preservice teachers to utilize technology for effective instruction. A mentoring program that paired graduate students in instructional technology with interested faculty members is discussed, and attitudes of the mentors and the faculty members are…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Faculty Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education
The Tools of Teacher Education: Preservice Teachers' Use of Technology To Create Instructional Materials.
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Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth; Hsu, Ying-Shao – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2000
Examines the effectiveness/efficiency of preservice teachers' use of technology to create instructional materials developed in an undergraduate reading/language arts course. Results showed no significant difference between measures of overall quality of the technology assistance as compared to handmade prompts. Eighty-five percent of the teachers…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education
International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference Proceedings (Orlando, Florida, February 26-27, 2009). Volume 2009, Issue 1
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Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2009
The "International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. It contains the following papers: (1) Teacher Perceptions of Authentic Pedagogy: A Case Study of Professional Development in an African American High School's…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Conferences (Gatherings), Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies