Exceptional Students: Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century
Ronald Taylor,
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Lydia Smiley,
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Stephen Richards,
University of Dayton
ISBN: 0072866373 Copyright year: 2009
Feature Summary
Written for both future special and general educators. Emphasizing collaboration between Special Educators and classroom teachers, Exceptional Students presents foundational and application material in each exceptionality chapter. The first half of these chapters is devoted to the foundations of each exceptionality – the history, definitions, prevalence, causes, characteristics, and identification procedures. The second half of the chapter explores the instructional and pedagogical considerations and applications that future teachers need to know in order to effectively teach students with the exceptionality.
A wealth of practical applications for both general and special educators. The narrative of Exceptional Students is enriched throughout by Classroom Suggestions that offer specific strategies for the classroom; Classroom Examples that provide concrete and relevant examples of materials that could be used by teachers; Meet the Educator cases, teacher-provided examples that share how the instructional areas discussed in the chapters could be applied; Practical Considerations for the Classroom guides that provide an at-a-glance reference to the practical strategies and information presented in the chapters.
Case based critical thinking and application. Each chapter opens with a brief case study describing a student in an educational environment. Throughout the chapter, Revisit opportunities raise questions related to the case to promote reflective practice and to encourage the application of key concepts to actual teaching situations.
Separate chapter on collaboration--spanning school personnel, families, and communities. The collaboration chapter introduces and shows students that exceptional children require a myriad of people to work together in order for them to be the most successful. The chapter includes best practices for both early childhood interventions and transitioning to adult living.
Integrated coverage of important topics. Technology, diversity, early intervention, and transition are integrated in context where relevant rather than being relegated to separate chapters.
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