A Qualitative Study of Student Teachers' Experiences with Collaborative Problem Solving

Autor/inn/en	Griffin, Cynthia C.; Jones, Hazel A.; Kilgore, Karen L.
Titel	A Qualitative Study of Student Teachers' Experiences with Collaborative Problem Solving
Quelle	In: Teacher Education and Special Education, 29 (2006) 1, S.44-55 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4064
Schlagwörter	Student Teaching; Student Teachers; Behavior Problems; Regular and Special Education Relationship; Cooperative Planning; Teacher Collaboration; Student Teacher Attitudes; Special Needs Students; Mainstreaming; Context Effect; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching practice; Unterrichtspraxis; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Lehrerkooperation; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf
Abstract	Collaborative problem solving is an activity in which special education teachers and other school professionals work together to solve the academic or behavioral problems of their students. The purpose of this study was to understand preservice teachers' perceptions of a collaborative problem solving activity they implemented with other professionals (e.g., general education teachers, school counselors, and speech and language pathologists) during their student teaching semester. These students formed a collaborative relationship with a school professional in an effort to assist the pair in supporting children with learning and/or behavior problems in general education settings. Findings from this study suggest that the problem-solving project expanded student teachers' definitions of collaboration by increasing their awareness of facilitators and obstacles to it. However, collaboration in practice was not an easy task for student teachers, with school context variables playing a role in facilitating successful or less than successful collaboration. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. Available from: Allen Press, Inc. 810 East 10th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. Tel: 800-627-0629; Web site: http://www.tese.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10