A national survey of special education undergraduate and graduate programs found no significant differences concerning emphasis on preschool, primary, adolescent, and adult populations. In rankings of 11 curricular areas, undergraduate programs emphasized survey courses more than graduate programs, while graduate programs placed more relative…

Analysis of undergraduate special education teacher preparation programs of 38 comprehensive schools (undergraduate and doctoral degrees in special education) and 67 noncomprehensive schools (undergraduate degree only) schools revealed that both groups placed at least moderate emphasis on each of 11 training areas, while comprehensive schools…

Twenty percent of the nation's special education teachers preparation programs were examined to determine the extent of required research training. Results indicated that 80 percent of the surveyed undergraduate programs offer no courses devoted to research issues, while 65 percent of the graduate programs offered no or few courses. (Author/CB)

Analysis of 16 master's level programs newly funded in FY 1983 was undertaken via an instrument designed to measure indicators of quality. All grant applications contained at least 72 percent of the indicators of quality; 40 items were present in 75 percent of the grants examined. (CL)

The journals of six special education graduate students were examined in order to define operational categories of reflective thought. The development of reliable and operational definitions for classifying, coding, and evaluating written journals of preservice teachers is described. Past research on the importance of reflective teaching is…