Critical issues in preparing effective early childhood special education teachers for the 21st century classroom : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Anthony F. Rotatori, Festus E. Obiakor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Teacher education -- then and now -- Performance assessments of teaching and the current discourse on teacher education -- Dismantling deficit thinking through teacher education -- Preparing teachers and leaders for urban and rural special education in this age of change -- Interdisciplinary collaboration in teacher preparation to support students with exceptionalitites -- Preparing teachers to maximize the potential of young students with gifts and talents -- Preparing teachers and practitioners to work with children with autism spectrum disorders -- Preparing teachers for adaptive physical education for young children with special needs -- Preparing educators through relationships between schools, families, and communities: Sullivan Literacy Center -- Preparing teachers to teach with comics literature in K-12 classrooms -- Using technology to prepare teachers and leaders in early childhood special education -- Teaching at a distance: perspectives on the growth and impact of electronic learning in special education teacher preparation -- Clinical and field-based teacher preparation pedagogy and professional development of teacher educators -- Forging evidence-based inquiry and teaching in teacher education -- Moving forward: coalescence of general education, special education, and teacher education programs into collaborative partnerships in education.

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The purpose of this book is to provide a forum for an interdisciplinary scholarly dialogue with regard to preparing teachers for early childhood special education. In addition, it is aimed at examining and making available relevant and most recent scholarship to practitioners and at addressing critical issues and perspectives around preparing effective educators for the 21 century classroom and the future. This book intends to illuminate a complex and challenging task of preparing effective educators through the lenses of several educational disciplines, including but not limited to, teacher education, general education, special education, early childhood education, and urban education.--from Publisher's description.

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