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Effects of Modeling Collaborative Teaching for Pre-Service TeachersCalifornia State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton In this article, the authors examine pre-service special education teacher reaction to and experience in a collaboratively taught higher education course. Forty-three full-time postbaccalaureate students participate in a course designed to examine critical issues in special education, taught by two faculty members, one specializing in mild and moderate disabilities and the other in moderate and severe disabilities. Pre-service teachers respond to a survey about their knowledge and comfort with co-teaching. Data are collected and analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Three qualitative themes regarding participants' perceptions of skills affecting co-teaching emerge: interpersonal skills, collaborative skills, and instructional issues. Overall, participant knowledge of co-teaching increase and faculty modeling of co-teaching is reported as the most valuable contributing factor.
Key Words: co-teaching collaboration pre-service teacher training modeling special education/teacher education
Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, Vol. 31, No. 3,
182-194 (2008) |
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