How To Module 2: Investigating Meaningful Teaching
INVESTIGATING MEANINGFUL TEACHING
MODULE 2
Diane DeVore
SPE-529N SPECIAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION/FRAMEWORK
Sandra Lehr-Cecere, Instructor
July 7, 2010
There is a lot to learn about Special Education and it takes special and dedicated people to teach. I interviewed two inclusion teachers, a special education teacher, and a school principal on their opinions and experiences regarding special education, teaching and learning, and the philosophy of education. Many special education teachers works with children who lives many learning disabilities such as mental retardation, traumatic brain injury, vision impairment and emotional disruptions that affect their ability to function in a regular classroom. These students learn that everyone is acceptable no matter what is told. For these students, success is simply just trying by just setting high standards that will build life changing confidences and remarkable results to believe that all students can achieve. Being in a regular classroom, …show more content…
You have to communicate and have a positive working relationship between the regular and special education teacher. You have to have support from the administrators and the school district. You have to have a clear understanding of the laws and procedures related to special education. You have to identify the classroom environment, the individual instructional needs, and curriculum. You have to be able to identify a student’s strengths and needs of learning. You have to be able to check for areas of success and look for the problem areas and be able to identify them. You have to use the information identified and create solutions to instructional problems and decide what to implement based on the assessment of the student and evaluate the student’s progress through IEP reports, parent conferences, and progress
MODULE 2
Diane DeVore
SPE-529N SPECIAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION/FRAMEWORK
Sandra Lehr-Cecere, Instructor
July 7, 2010
There is a lot to learn about Special Education and it takes special and dedicated people to teach. I interviewed two inclusion teachers, a special education teacher, and a school principal on their opinions and experiences regarding special education, teaching and learning, and the philosophy of education. Many special education teachers works with children who lives many learning disabilities such as mental retardation, traumatic brain injury, vision impairment and emotional disruptions that affect their ability to function in a regular classroom. These students learn that everyone is acceptable no matter what is told. For these students, success is simply just trying by just setting high standards that will build life changing confidences and remarkable results to believe that all students can achieve. Being in a regular classroom, …show more content…
You have to communicate and have a positive working relationship between the regular and special education teacher. You have to have support from the administrators and the school district. You have to have a clear understanding of the laws and procedures related to special education. You have to identify the classroom environment, the individual instructional needs, and curriculum. You have to be able to identify a student’s strengths and needs of learning. You have to be able to check for areas of success and look for the problem areas and be able to identify them. You have to use the information identified and create solutions to instructional problems and decide what to implement based on the assessment of the student and evaluate the student’s progress through IEP reports, parent conferences, and progress