Search results for: Brownell Mary

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“That’s My Job”: Comparing the Beliefs of More and Less Accomplished Special Educators Related to Their Roles and Responsibilities
Authors: Urbach Jennifer, Moore Brooke A., Klingner Janette K., Galman Sally, Haager Diane, Brownell Mary, Dingle Mary
This study aims to understand special education teachers’ beliefs regarding their roles and responsibilities. The goal of this study is also to determine how these beliefs differ among more and less accomplished teachers. In this study, the authors examine the interviews of special education teachers identified as either more or less accomplished based on the Reading in Special Education (RISE) observation instrument. Through qualitative coding of the data, several themes about beliefs revealed differences between the teachers. The more accomplished teachers discussed a need for instructional intensity and linked their roles and responsibilities to academic needs.
Published: 2015
Updated: Jan. 29, 2017
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Improving Collaborative Teacher Education Research: Creating Tighter Linkages
Authors: Brownell Mary, Griffin Cynthia C., Leko Melinda Marie, Stephens Jenna
In this article, the authors build a framework for studying collaborative teacher education, emphasizing linkages among theory, innovation, and outcomes.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 24, 2012
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Special Education Teacher Education Research: Current Status and Future Directions
Authors: Sindelar Paul T., Brownell Mary, Billingsley Bonnie
In this article, the authors propose an agenda for special education teacher education researchers. The authors emphasize that particular attention should be paid to policy work and studies of innovations in pre-service preparation, induction and mentoring, and professional development. The authors discuss strategies to bolster the research foundation, namely, by oversampling special education teachers in the Schools and Staffing Survey and the Teacher Follow-Up Survey and by fostering the development of models of teacher development and related measures of teacher quality.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 13, 2010
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Personal Epistemologies and Learning to Teach
Authors: Bondy Elizabeth, Ross Dorene, Adams Alyson, Nowak Rhonda, Brownell Mary, Hoppey David, Kuhel Karen, McCallum Cynthia, Stafford Lynne
This study investigated the question, how do pre service teachers approach their learning in a unified teacher education program?Through extensive interviews with 14 participants over the course of two semesters, the researchers gained insight into the pre service teachers' learning process and related epistemological beliefs. By understanding these beliefs, teacher educators may be able to improve instruction and learning in teacher education.
Published: 2007
Updated: Dec. 09, 2007