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Understanding Special Educators' Learning Opportunities in Collaborative Groups: The Role of Discourse
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Leko, Melinda M.; Kiely, Mary Theresa; Brownell, Mary T.; Osipova, Anna; Dingle, Mary P.; Mundy, Charlotte A. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the discourse patterns characterizing individual special education teachers as they participated in a collaborative professional development (PD) group, and how these individual discourse patterns influenced other group members' opportunities to learn about reading instruction for upper elementary…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration
Views from the Trenches: Teacher and Student Supports Needed for Full Inclusion of Students with ASD
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Able, Harriet; Sreckovic, Melissa A.; Schultz, Tia R.; Garwood, Justin D.; Sherman, Jessica – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
The current prevalence rates for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) coupled with the mandate to provide services to students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms warrants the need to examine the dynamics of inclusion for students with ASD. Focus groups were conducted with special and general educators at the elementary, middle, and high school…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Focus Groups