This two-cycle Action Research study was designed to examine and improve a co-teaching program for administrators and co-teachers at the high school level in one school district in Massachusetts. Co-teaching is the intentional sharing of a classroom by two educators with the goal of providing an enriched educational experience for all learners.…

The study presents the design and implementation of team teaching in high school geography classes and analyzes the students' opinions regarding this type of teaching approach. The didactic activity was carried out in the 9th grade, at the Earth's Atmosphere learning unit. The participants in this activity were high school students, a geography…

In considering the STEM careers of the future, the researcher hypothesized that, if special educators come together with general educators to team teach, high school students with special needs will have better access to the STEM/STEAM curriculum. The purpose of this study was to examine the traditional physics classroom and the cotaught classroom…

Coteaching, an alternative to traditional conceptions of student teaching in general teacher preparation, may be enhanced if researchers and practitioners achieve consensus with respect to operational definitions and descriptions of practice. The focus of this article is coassessing -- one component of coteaching -- where coteachers…

The current model of teaching where one teacher works individually with a group of learners in a classroom in an alternative educational setting promoted unrealistic expectations by assuming individual teachers working alone could meet the needs of all students. To address this problem, I conducted an action research study in which I explored the…

The No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act prompted schools to explore better methods of educating all students. Collaborative teaching was presented as a solution where a general education teacher and a special education teacher work together with a group of diverse learners. The problem was the perceptions…

When school districts do not have established policies to guide training, practice and professional development for all co-teaching staff, inconsistencies and inequities may arise for the student populations most directly impacted by the lack of those policies, including both general and special education students. In order to best serve the…

Knowledge of instructional strategies in cotaught K-12 classrooms raises awareness of this unique collaboration for benefitting students with disabilities. The purposes of this qualitative study were to (1) identify pedagogical strategies that facilitate coteaching in inclusive environments and (2) explore the relevance of coteaching teams and…

High school co-teachers prepare students with and without disabilities to earn content credits for graduation, with instructional effectiveness influenced by multiple factors. In this study, teacher self-efficacy and personal compatibility were examined as potential predictors of active involvement in instruction. The moderating effect of personal…

Lack of verbal communication between General and Special Educators is hindering co-teaching implementation in the classroom. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role verbal communication has in educator collaboration and ways to improve co-teaching practice. Four high school General Educators were surveyed over their opinions on…

Co-teaching is a service delivery model employed to establish inclusion. The lack of evidence supporting the use of co-teaching is the problem addressed. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to improve the inclusive experiences and outcomes for students by determining the role teacher self-efficacy plays in the co-teaching experiences of…

As schools adopt more inclusive practices, educators increasingly collaborate and co-teach to meet the needs of diverse learners. Co-teaching has been found to have benefits for students across elementary and secondary grades. However, there is a need for teacher educators to provide more preservice training in collaboration and in co-teaching.…

To date, only student's collaborative behaviour in learning is seen and linked to achievement motivation. Even though the teacher has a great role to determine learning process, only few research findings link collaborative teacher to student learning motivation. This study aims to identify predictions of correlation between students' perceptions…

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the perception and lived experiences of general education teachers and special education teachers in a co-taught classroom. The study looks at the effects of targeted professional development and teachers' attitudes in co-taught classrooms at the high school level in…

The most innovative and progressive ideas have arguably come from the minds of American scholars who thrive on the creation of new ways to increase effective instruction and promote life-long learning that is not only essential, but also competitive and exemplary in our global society. And, yet, for decades the American high school has been…