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Shane Johnston – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The prevalence of Autism is increasing exponentially in today's classrooms, such that general education teachers face a broad range of challenges within inclusive settings (Leech, 2008). This study investigated the degree of teacher preparedness in teaching autistic students in general education and special education classrooms by examining the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Teacher Education, Special Education Teachers, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Maria Daniela Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This explanatory-sequential mix-methods study explored Northeast Texas rural educators' perceptions of language and emergent bilingual (EB) students, and educators' preparation and practices used in the classroom to meet this ever-growing and diverse multicultural group. Educators' ideologies and practices in the United States, especially in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Bilingualism, Cultural Differences
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Hansen-Thomas, Holly; Grosso Richins, Liliana; Kakkar, Kanika; Okeyo, Christine – Professional Development in Education, 2016
This paper explores the perceived professional development needs of inservice teachers of English-language learners (ELLs) from 10 rural and small districts in the USA. The survey instrument that captured responses from 159 elementary and secondary teachers in Texas was primarily quantitative and was based on the state English as a second language…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, English Language Learners, Rural Schools
Lawson, Gayla Juan Hughes – 1989
This study examines variables that affect staff development in rural schools. It examines systematically delivered rural staff development intervention in 28 rural schools in five states representative of the Southwest--Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. The study, involving 700 teachers, tests 18 hypotheses based largely on…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Research, Instructional Effectiveness, Models
Clegg, Luther Bryan, Ed. – 1997
This book relates the experiences of students and teachers who spent their days in one- and two-room schoolhouses in West Texas during the first half of the 20th century. The book is based on interviews with 77 people and is divided into two sections: student recollections and teachers' memories. Former students reflect on school facilities, the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life
Maloney, Catherine; Sheehan, Daniel; Whipple, Allyson – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2008
Recognizing the challenges rural districts face in providing broad curricular offerings and supplemental educational services to students, in 2007, the 80th Texas Legislature authorized the creation of a pilot program designed to provide technology-based supplemental educational services to rural school districts that show an overall academic need…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Online Courses, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration