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Perceptions Of Secondary School Special Education Teachers Of Their Preparation For Coteaching, Vicki Zands
Perceptions Of Secondary School Special Education Teachers Of Their Preparation For Coteaching, Vicki Zands
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Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative multicase study was to describe and explain how secondary school special education teachers perceived that their special education teacher education programs prepared them to work as part of a coteaching team and how secondary special educators described the benefits and challenges of working as part of a coteaching team and sought secondary special education teachers’ recommendations for how teacher education programs could better prepare candidates to serve as members of a coteaching team.
Methodology: A qualitative multicase study was used. The researcher conducted semistructured, in-depth interviews with 12 secondary-level special education teachers who were …