Special Education for Today's Teachers: An Introduction - Couverture souple

Rosenberg, Michael S.; Westling, David L.; McLeskey, James L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0137033974 ISBN 13 : 9780137033973

Editeur : Pearson, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Rosenberg Michael S Westling David L McLeskey Jame

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Are you prepared to serve and teach all students? The second edition of Special Education for Today’s Teachers: An Introduction not only will provide a solid foundation for being a teacher in today’s classroom, but also will help you to truthfully answer this question. The challenges we face today in special education require highly qualified, reflective practitioners who use research-based strategies in the classroom and who are excited about the success and future of students. This book will help prepare you to meet these requirements and find the solutions that will lead you to that success.

 

A focus on Professionalism

• My Profession, My Story vignettes highlight teachers, their life experiences, dispositions, and attitudes, and how all of these factors relate to daily teaching practice and the profession.
• The Real World: Challenges and Solutions
• Chapter 16: Continuing a Successful Career: Professionalism, Collaborative Support, and Professional Development
• Addresses the CEC Knowledge and Skill Standards, CEC code of Ethics, and PRAXIS Standards

 A focus on Effective Instructional Application

• Can You Help Me with This Student? features present a scenario or case study in which a teacher is facing a difficult situation with a student and show how this challenge could be resolved.
• Technology for Access features are integrated throughout the text.
• Chapter 5: Effective Teaching in a Well-Managed Classroom

 A focus on Reflection

• Chapter 1: Teaching Students with Special Needs: Professional Roles and Responsibilities
• Reflective Exercises margin notes engage readers through thought-provoking questions that extend the content of the narrative.
• Reflect Upon focus questions at the beginning of each chapter serve as not only an advance organizer for the reader, but also a point of consideration related to the topics covered in the chapter.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

For Introduction to Special Education courses.

 

This exciting new text addresses the need for all people interested in the profession of teaching, whether they are traditional special education majors, traditional general education majors, or alternative certification students. Three themes are integrated throughout the text and in the accompanying technology: reflection, instructional application, and professionalism. Succinct and approachable, this text focuses on the foundations of special education by offering a broad view of educational practice in the classroom and examining the defining characteristics of students with exceptionalities, explains complex issues and content regarding special education and the profession, and each chapter focuses on master teachers in the classroom. In a realistic and applicable manner, readers will learn about the latest information involving the field today, the most valuable content regarding each disability area, research-based practices and practical strategies that they can take into the classroom, and what it means to be a teacher in today's classrooms. A foundations text that will recruit and retain students to the field of teaching special education, this text is one that will engage and impress readers and teachers alike. In step with the most recent legislation and changes in special education, this text will not only provide a solid foundation for students, but will help them to answer the question, "Are you prepared to serve and teach all students?" 

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0137033974
• ISBN 13: 9780137033973
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 544