Description
Book SynopsisTeaching In Special Education: Managing the Chaos addresses the question-how do special education teachers function in general education settings? The text describes the experiences of special education teachers in diverse settings at a time when federal law and assessment requirements drive educational policy. Ferrelli uses interviews and observation to tell the stories of six special education teachers as they go about the business of teaching, illuminating the elements of special education teacher practice and documenting the tensions manifested in the interaction between special education and general education teachers. Such tensions create a distinct sense of separation between the practices that constitute special education, and those of general education that are typical of American educational policy and practice today. In providing voice for these teachers, this text fills a vacancy in the currently existing studies of teacher practice.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 List of Tables Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Acknowledgements Part 5 Part I Chapter 6 Introduction: Brief History of Special Education Chapter 7 Chapter One: Studying Special Education Teachers Chapter 8 Chapter Two: Evolution of the Study Part 9 Part II Chapter 10 Chapter Three: Methodology Employed in the Study Chapter 11 Chapter Four: Special Education Teacher Practice Described Chapter 12 Chapter Five: A Day in the Life: Special Education Teacher Practice Observed Chapter 13 Chapter Six: What Do These Experiences Mean?: Interpreting the Data Chapter 14 Chapter Seven: Special Education Teacher Practice Revealed Chapter 15 Chapter Eight: Special Education Teacher Practice - Managed Chaos Part 16 Appendices Chapter 17 Appendix A: Interview Protocol Chapter 18 Appendix B: Terminology Glossary Chapter 19 Bibliography Chapter 20 Index
