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Miyauchi, Hisae; Fast, Danene; Wild, Tiffany – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: This research aims to learn what schools for blind students in the United States are currently doing to teach students with visual impairments and further explore the services these schools provide in their states. Methods: This research used qualitative interviews with school administrators, staff members, and teachers at four…
Descriptors: Blindness, Special Schools, Visual Impairments, Ideology
Daniels, Jacqulyn Anne Donnenwirth – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The primary question for this dissertation was: Does online professional development increase novice itinerant Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments' (TVI) efficacy for assessing learning and literacy media for students with multiple disabilities including visual impairments? The literature suggested novice TVIs might experience low…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Faculty Development, Self Efficacy, Beginning Teachers
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Mulcahy, Dianne – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2019
This paper examines the critical contribution that affects as "bodily" capacities to act, engage and connect can make to children's learning in museums and schools. Drawing chiefly on empirical material collected over the course of visits by school children to Museums Victoria, Australia, and bringing a sociomaterial sensibility to bear,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Museums, Instruction
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Burford, James; Koompraphant, Ganon; Jirathanapiwat, Worrawan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
Academic mobility is an ancient phenomenon that has particular characteristics in an era of increasing internationalisation. However, surprisingly little has been published about academic mobility to Thailand, and available accounts in both Thai and English languages are dispersed and disconnected. This article addresses these challenges by…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Research, Research Needs, Developing Nations
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Davison-Mowle, John; Leigh, Greg; Duncan, Jill; Arthur-Kelly, Michael – Deafness & Education International, 2018
This study sought to describe and classify the support activities provided by all itinerant teachers for students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) in regular schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), without exclusion. The itinerant teachers (n = 14) varied in terms of formal qualifications and experience and provided support to all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Itinerant Teachers, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Agostinelli, Francesco; Avitabile, Ciro; Bobba, Matteo; Sanchez, Alonso – World Bank, 2020
Achieving inclusive and quality education for all is a global priority, and policymakers are still grappling with the best ways to ensure the poorest and most marginalized children are in school and learning. About 120 million children, many from rural areas, are still out of school, despite a recent global push for universal access to education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Access to Education
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McLinden, Mike; McCracken, Wendy – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016
In line with recent developments in inclusive practice in Ireland, children with sensory needs are increasingly educated in mainstream rather than specialist provision. Educational supports are provided by a range of practitioners and include input from the visiting teachers service for children with hearing and visual impairment. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Visual Impairments, Inclusion
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Gedfie, Mebrat; Negassa, Dawit – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study was to assess the contributions of cluster resource centers in the implementation of inclusive education of children with special educational needs, and more specifically visually impaired children in Atse Sertse Dingil Cluster Primary School. A qualitative approach with case study design was used to elicit the required…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments
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Love, Hailey R. – Young Exceptional Children, 2021
Heterotopias are complex spaces characterized by the collision of the real (i.e., physical realm--who and what materials are present) and unreal (i.e., abstract realm--socially created meanings and understandings of the "real"; Foucault, 1986; Topinka, 2010). The early childhood classroom is a heterotopia in that it is a knowledge…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Quality, Students with Disabilities, Classification
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Mariano, Alessandro; Tarlau, Rebecca – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2019
This article explores how social movement co-governance of public education offers an alternative to neoliberal educational models. The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) is one of the largest social movements in Latin America. We describe one of the many schools that the MST co-governs, the Itinerant School Paths of Knowledge (Caminhos do…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Activism, Social Action, Agricultural Laborers
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Pogrund, Rona L.; Darst, Shannon; Munro, Michael P. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2015
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to begin validation of a scale that will be used by teachers of students with visual impairments to determine appropriate recommended type and frequency of services for their students based on identified student need. Methods: Validity and reliability of the Visual Impairment Scale of Service Intensity…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Validity, Reliability, Special Education Teachers
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Jenkins, Kathryn A.; Charteris, Jennifer; Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle; Jones, Marguerite – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
It is the norm for the casual teaching precariat to experience insecure labour conditions requiring an additional skill set to teachers with stable employment. As more beginning teachers than ever before commence work in casual employment--often a tenuous and unsupported transition into the profession--it is beholden on teacher educators to…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response, Temporary Employment, Part Time Faculty
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Yuan, Ting; Jiang, Hui – Young Exceptional Children, 2019
In this article, the authors provide snapshots of a student's case in which she received an Individualized Education Program (IEP) after being diagnosed as having a speech and language disorder in an urban Head Start program located in the northeast region of the United States. This case can shed light on the complexities of the literacy practices…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Low Income Groups, Immigrants, Individualized Education Programs
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Dorn, Brittany – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2018
Teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing find consultation increasingly part of the job due to the national trend toward inclusion. The push toward inclusion has been accelerated by implementation of universal newborn hearing screening and advances in technology that have included digital hearing aids, cochlear implants, and hearing…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Itinerant Teachers, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Dubois, Shannon L.; Luft, Julie A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
"Floating" teachers, or teachers without their own classroom, experience unique affordances and constraints as they develop professionally. To increase the knowledge in this area, this study looks at how traveling to different classrooms affects beginning secondary science teachers' development and instruction. The participants in…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
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