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Barman, Charles R.; Shedd, Jill D. – 1991
The main focus of this project was to prepare a handbook of science activities and to disseminate this handbook to K-8 teachers of the hearing-impaired in the State of Indiana. The handbook, titled "Doing Science Using the Learning Cycle," was developed by a select group of teachers and several consultants with expertise in curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Deafness, Disabilities, Educational Research
Deasy, Gia; And Others – 1991
West Virginia University provides on-the-job practicum experience to rural special education teachers who are pursuing certification while working on "out-of-field" permits. An important aspect of the competency-based practicum experience is evaluative feedback. Two methods of evaluative feedback were used with 22 practicum students who…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback
Andringa, Jane Wilkin; Kasik, Maribeth Montgomery – 1990
Governors State University (University Park, Illinois) includes a three-credit course in collaborative consultation in its Master's degree program in multicategorical special education. A survey of 72 program graduates sought to evaluate the effectiveness of the consultation coursework. Responses from 39 of the graduates indicated that the role of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Planning, Course Content
Smith, Deborah Deutsch; And Others – 1990
This paper traces the history of leadership training in the field of special education as a context for a projection of future leadership personnel needs. The current situation in supply and demand for special education leadership personnel is analyzed, and it is found that the number of available personnel is dwindling while the number of job…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Doctoral Programs, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Deborah Deutsch; And Others – 1991
This study sought to update and expand the existing databases relating to the supply and demand of special education leadership personnel through a survey of 55 institutions of higher education (IHEs) having doctoral programs in special education. Results are analyzed in terms of doctoral enrollments for the 1990-91 academic year, specialty areas,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Doctoral Programs, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Dee, Margaret S. – 1991
This directory describes programs for gifted students in the public schools of Delaware. Separate sections provide listings for elementary programs, intermediate programs, high school programs, college programs, and summer programs. Descriptions of 55 district-level programs provide information such as: program administrator; contact persons;…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, College Programs, Delivery Systems, Elementary Education
Fox, Wayne; Capone, Angela – 1991
The Preparation of Personnel To Provide Special Education and Related Service to Newborn and Infant Handicapped Children program of the University of Vermont offered interdisciplinary preservice programs to train Early Intervention Specialists at either the Master's level (36 credit hours) or the Certificate of Advanced Study level (30 credit…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Competency Based Teacher Education, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Del Polito, Carolyn M. – 1983
Revised training programs for health and education service providers are advocated that will result in greater integration of services to disabled children. Attention is directed to curricular and training needs of professionals serving the disabled and their families, as well as the efforts of the American Society of Allied Health Professions…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies
Rosen, Sylvia, Ed.; And Others – 1983
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) surveyed its member small institutions on the status of their programs for preparing teachers for working with handicapped students. Each chapter in this report on the survey is written by different educators from various small colleges in the United States. Chapter 1, "Coping…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Change
Lake Region Special Education Cooperative, Devils Lake, ND. – 1982
The project was sponsored by the Lake Region Special Education Program, a special education cooperative serving 22 school districts of rural northeastern North Dakota. Funding for the 2-year project came from ESEA Title IV-C, state, and local agencies. The major goals of the project were to train and educate personnel so that at the end of the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities
Mori, A. A.; And Others – 1982
This document is a monograph in a personnel development series addressing issues that are pertinent for policy-making personnel concerned with personnel preparation for moderately and severely handicapped populations in the area of vocational preparation. The discussion is divided into three major sections. Section 1 addresses the state of the art…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Demonstration Programs, Faculty Development, Guidelines
Helge, Doris – 1981
Addressing acute problems in delivery of services to rural handicapped students, the document emphasizes the need for relevant preservice training for special education teachers who will work in rural areas. A list of specific elements for inclusion in a rural-focused curriculum philosophy includes: training students possessing appropriate skills…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Rude, Harvey A. – 2002
A study examined the feasibility of marketing a national model of alternative special education teacher certification/licensure, the extent of program need, and the types of content and processes that such a program should have. A telephone survey of State Improvement Grant Directors or their equivalents in 14 states indicated that most states had…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, College School Cooperation, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Menlove, Ronda; Peterson, Darcie – 2003
Utah State University offers a mild/moderate special teacher preparation program via an Internet-based teleconferencing system, with extensive use of the Internet for delivering course materials, assignments, student feedback, and class projects. Students attend classes in eight remote sites, many of which are located in rural communities. Most…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Faculty Advisers, Higher Education, Internet
Brown, Kathleen Sullivan; John, Delores M. – 2000
This paper describes a state pilot project which addressed Missouri's current and anticipated special education teacher shortages by reinventing teacher education and using new technologies and service delivery models to increase the quality and supply of special educators. It worked to certify current general educators as special educators. The…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Distance Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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