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ERIC Number: ED636113
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 145
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3797-9380-7
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Special Education Teachers' Perceptions of Self-Determination Supports in Inclusion Classrooms
Tiffany-Salogub, Suzanne
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, City University of New York Hunter College
The outcomes presented in this dissertation were motivated by a scarcity of research that explores self-determination practices explicitly within inclusive classrooms. Three overarching goals motivated my research. The first was to understand what inclusion teachers know and do in relation to self-determination (Chapter 2). The second was to understand how their practices align with existing knowledge about self-determination in the field (Chapter 3). Finally, I sought to create an accessible, research-based tool tailored to inclusion teachers who seek to support their students in developing self-determination skills (Chapter 4). To achieve these goals, I designed an investigation using a case-study design that included ten inclusion teachers utilizing semi-structured interviews to explore their beliefs and understandings of self-determination in their classrooms. In Chapter 2, a descriptive study was conducted to analyze a subset of the larger dataset that resulted in nine high-frequency themes (top quartile of themes referenced) drawn from the interviews. These themes fall into one of two categories: "Practices to support student behavior" and "Colleague collaboration," and have implications for how teachers can readily implement strategies for supporting self-determination in their students. Chapter 3 builds on findings from the first study to propose nine Self-Determination Quality Indicators for Inclusion Classrooms and how they align with existing self-determination research. Lastly, Chapter 4 proposes a teacher-accessible tool, the "Quality Indicators of Inclusion Classrooms" (QIIC), designed to guide inclusion teachers as they reflect on their practices. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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