A Tale of Two Courses: Exploring Teacher Candidates' Translation of Science and Special Education Methods Instruction into Inclusive Science Practices

Autor/inn/en	Kahn, Sami; Pigman, Ryan; Ottley, Jennifer
Titel	A Tale of Two Courses: Exploring Teacher Candidates' Translation of Science and Special Education Methods Instruction into Inclusive Science Practices
Quelle	In: Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 20 (2017) 1, S.50-68, Artikel 6 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-9923
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Science Process Skills; Science Education; Special Education; Teaching Methods; Inclusion; Science Instruction; Lesson Plans; Early Childhood Education; Methods Courses; Qualitative Research; Discourse Analysis; Disabilities; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Science Teachers; Special Education Teachers; Access to Education; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Educational Legislation; Equal Education; Federal Legislation; Data Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Inklusion; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Methodisch-didaktische Anleitung; Qualitative Forschung; Diskursanalyse; Handicap; Behinderung; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Special education; Sonderpädagoge; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Auswertung
Abstract	Early childhood educators teach science to all students, including students with disabilities. Strategies for accommodating students with disabilities in science, including familiarity with equitable frameworks such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are therefore a critical aspect of early childhood teacher candidates' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). Such strategies are often emphasized in special education courses that are offered separately from science methods courses. This practice assumes that teacher candidates can synthesize and transfer those practices into their science lesson planning. To explore how teacher candidates actually assimilate the instruction on inclusive science that is taught in their preparation coursework, this study examined the early and late semester science lesson plans of 26 early childhood teacher candidates who were concurrently enrolled in science and special education methods courses. Qualitative and discourse analysis illuminated the following key findings: 1) Teacher candidates demonstrate a strong tendency to accommodate students with disabilities by having them rely on others both before and after extensive instruction; 2) Instruction appears to reduce teacher candidates' accommodating students with disabilities through separate materials/activities/directions; 3) Principles of UDL were more evident in late semester lesson plans; and 4) Late semester lesson plans contained more "behavior oriented" language and concerns. These findings are discussed with particular attention paid to ways in which science and special education teacher educators might intervene at key junctures in teacher candidates' lesson planning processes to promote student autonomy, science inquiry, and greater use of the continuum of adaptations that are available to them. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01