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- Title: Alternative Teaching Certification in Special Education: Rationale, Concerns, And Recommendations (Report)
- Author : Theresa A. Quigney
- Release Date : January 22, 2010
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 101 KB
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Introduction Perhaps one of the most controversial topics in the field of teacher education today is what constitutes an effective preservice program for preparing individuals to instruct students in the twenty-first century. Questions concerning the content of such teacher education programs as well as the most resourceful method of delivery of this content have arisen. A discussion of the merits of the approaches to teacher certification has also been compounded by issues relating to legal mandates such as the "highly qualified teacher" provision of the No Child Left Behind Act and job market realities, including teacher shortages in key instructional areas, one of which is special education, the focus of this article.