Critical Features of Special Education Teacher Preparation: "A Comparison With General Teacher Education"

Autor/inn/en	Brownell, Mary T.; Ross, Dorene D.; Colon, Elayne P.; McCallum, Cynthia L.
Titel	Critical Features of Special Education Teacher Preparation: "A Comparison With General Teacher Education"
Quelle	In: Journal of Special Education, 38 (2005) 4, S.242-252 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4669
Schlagwörter	Specialists; Program Descriptions; Teacher Education Programs; Teacher Shortage; Special Education; Special Education Teachers; Regular and Special Education Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrermangel; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	Policy and program decisions involve choices among different ways of preparing teachers. These choices are shrouded in increasingly contentious debates as teacher shortages reach crisis proportions. Yet, research on special education teacher education is almost nonexistent. Findings from comparative research documenting the characteristics of effective teacher education programs can inform these choices, but these findings should be grounded in what we know from previous research in general teacher education. To assist educators, we have analyzed literature in general and special teacher education toward two ends. First, we present a framework, derived from work in general education, for analyzing teacher education programs. Second, we use this framework to analyze practice in teacher education in special education. Specifically, we conducted an exhaustive review of special education program descriptions and evaluations. We conclude by describing steps necessary to improve the special education teacher education research base. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10