A Special Need: Online Modules to Supplement Traditional Special Education Teacher Ed Instruction
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Barbara Duchardt, Northwestern State University College of Education, United States ; Paula F. Furr, Northwestern State University Department of Journalism, United States ; Karen McFerrin, Gloria Smith, Northwestern State University College of Education, United States ; Steven G. Horton, Northwestern State University Graduate Studies and Research, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in San Antonio, Texas, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-61-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
Traditional teacher education programs are limited in their flexibility to offer substantial instruction in special education methodology because of state-mandated program lengths and general education requirements. The result can be a lack of knowledge for general education classroom teachers in best practices to teach students with diverse learning needs. For school districts with a high number of non-certified special educators, the problem is compounded. Thus, one initiative of a small, rural four-year institution was to harness the power of distance learning to provide multilayered online modules to address the supplemental learning needs of preservice (undergraduate) and in-service (graduate) educators, higher education teacher education faculty, K-12 district personnel and supervisors, families, and students.
Citation
Duchardt, B., Furr, P.F., McFerrin, K., Smith, G. & Horton, S.G. (2007). A Special Need: Online Modules to Supplement Traditional Special Education Teacher Ed Instruction. In R. Carlsen, K. McFerrin, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2007--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 3601-3606). San Antonio, Texas, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/25177/.
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