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'I Connected': Reflection And Biography In Teacher Learning Toward Inclusion, Susan Baglieri
'I Connected': Reflection And Biography In Teacher Learning Toward Inclusion, Susan Baglieri
Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works
In this paper I examine the ways that prospective teachers studying in a university-based, graduate-level teacher education programme engage in reflection toward making meaning of disability. I focus on the background experiences, identities, and knowledge that teachers draw from to make meaning of social and cultural models of disability, and which relate to their developing ideas about inclusive teaching practices. Providing prospective teachers a forum to reflect and find connections between their experiences more often as persons who do not identify as disabled and persons with disabilities suggests one way that teacher educators can build curriculum that counters a perception …
Understanding Self-Determination And Families Of Young Children With Disabilities In Home Environments, Mary Jane Brotherson, Christine C. Cook, Elizabeth Erwin, Cindy J. Weigel
Understanding Self-Determination And Families Of Young Children With Disabilities In Home Environments, Mary Jane Brotherson, Christine C. Cook, Elizabeth Erwin, Cindy J. Weigel
Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works
This article is about emergent self-determination for young children with disabilities in their home environments. The purpose of this study was to better understand family and home characteristics and how they influence the ways in which families can support the development of self-determination for their children with disabilities. Thirty families of young children with disabilities were interviewed, and their homes were systematically observed. Using a grounded theory design, an emergent model was developed that examined family and home context and the influence of context on the strategies that families used to support self-determination. Future research and practice implications of this …
Exposure To Media Violence And Young Children With And Without Disabilities: Powerful Opportunities For Family-Professional Partnerships, Elizabeth Erwin, Naomi Morton
Exposure To Media Violence And Young Children With And Without Disabilities: Powerful Opportunities For Family-Professional Partnerships, Elizabeth Erwin, Naomi Morton
Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works
There is growing concern regarding the amount and type of violence that young children are exposed to on a daily basis. Through media, popular toys and video games violent images are consistently present in children's lives starting at a very young age. This paper discusses (a) the growing presence of young children's exposure to media violence, (b) the influence of media violence on early childhood development and well-being, (c) the impact of media violence on young children with disabilities, and (d) recommendations for addressing this national dilemma within the context of family-professional partnerships. A list of related web resources is …