The Nature of the People

Autor: Patricia J. Edelen-Smith, Garnett J. Smith
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Remedial and Special Education. 23:336-349
ISSN: 1538-4756
0741-9325
Popis: Since 1986, the National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) has attempted to persuade 41 institutions of higher education (IHEs) in partnership with schools to build collaborative networks among education faculty in colleges, schools, and departments of education (CSDEs) and to put into practice a new order of things leading to improvement in schooling and the renewal of teacher education. In an effort to describe the level of participation of special education in the commitment to the NNER agenda, we conducted a survey of the 28 NNER member IHEs who had departments or units of special education within their CSDEs. The chairs of departments of special education or their equivalent were asked to rate how well the NNER agenda and the new order of things was being accepted and carried out at their institution. IHEs were surveyed in four areas: the degree to which special education faculty are viewed as true (parity) partners within and across elementary and secondary education departments; the degree to which elementary, secondary, and special education faculty have been willing to surrender specific ownership of courses and content in order to create an interdisciplinary teacher training program; the willingness of elementary, secondary, and special education faculty to create a shared training program that provides all preservice teachers with learning opportunities in both general and special education settings; and the degree to which CSDE faculty across departments are training preservice teachers to use an array of educational services and accommodations for students with disabilities who are participating in the general education curriculum and settings.
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