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Co-Teaching In Inclusive Classrooms Using Structured Collaborative Planning, Dusty Columbia Embury
Co-Teaching In Inclusive Classrooms Using Structured Collaborative Planning, Dusty Columbia Embury
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
A pair of co-teachers in a U.S., mid-western, suburban school district participated in a co-teacher training and subsequent research study, in an effort to encourage role changes that would increase the engagement of students with disabilities in the classroom, This case study presents the experiences of two co-teachers teaching in an inclusive, seventh grade science class. The teacher participants were first trained through voluntary participation in countywide, three-day in-service on co-teaching and brain-based learning and then interviewed. Over the course of the ten-week study, the co-teachers used a structured collaborative planning protocol to prepare for weekly co-teaching. Teachers and students …
Let's Ask The Kids: Consumer Constructions Of Co-Teaching, Dusty Columbia Embury, Stephen Kroeger
Let's Ask The Kids: Consumer Constructions Of Co-Teaching, Dusty Columbia Embury, Stephen Kroeger
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
The purpose of this study was to investigate student perceptions of co-teachers. Students with disabilities are more than twice as likely as their peers without disabilities to leave school early (Kortering & Braziel, 2002; Wilson & Michaels, 2006). Students in two inclusive classrooms in an urban middle school participated in interviews about their perceptions of being in a co-taught class. Data from the student interviews indicated that students were positive about having two adults in the classroom, however, willingness to ask for assistance varied across environments. Acceptance of instruction and discipline from either teacher also varied from classroom to classroom. …