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What Works? A Collective Case Study Of Effective Collaborative Practices In Elementary And Middle School Inclusion Classrooms In Southwest Virginia, Shellie Denise Brown

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The advent of inclusive educational practices in the United States in recent decades has prompted a need for increased and improved levels of collaboration among general and special education teachers. The purpose of this qualitative, holistic, collective case study was to develop an in-depth understanding of general and special education teachers’ best practices for effective collaboration in kindergarten through eighth grade public education inclusion classrooms in Southwest Virginia. This study investigated two teams of general and special education teachers who were demonstrating effective collaborative practices. This study sought to answer the central research question: What are general and special education …