CO-TEACHING EXPERIENCES - THE BENEFITS AND PROBLEMS THAT TEACHERS ANDPRINCIPALS REPORT OVER TIME

Authors
WALTHERTHOMAS CS
Citation
Cs. Waltherthomas, CO-TEACHING EXPERIENCES - THE BENEFITS AND PROBLEMS THAT TEACHERS ANDPRINCIPALS REPORT OVER TIME, Journal of learning disabilities, 30(4), 1997, pp. 395-407
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation,"Education, Special
Journal title
Journal of learning disabilities → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222194
Volume
30
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
395 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2194(1997)30:4<395:CE-TBA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
This report describes a 3-year study of 18 elementary and 7 middle sch ool teams involved in the development and implementation of building-l evel programs designed to support students with disabilities in mainst ream classrooms. All of the teams used co-teaching as an integral part of their service delivery models. During the investigation, 119 teach ers and 24 administrators participated in 1 or more years of data coll ection. The emerging benefits and persistent problems that participant s identified in the development of their models are described.