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The Collaboration of General and Special Education in a Teacher Preparation Program Design: A Case Study

Wysocki, Carrie D
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0571-3021
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460893938

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Teaching and Learning.
Based on a case study guided by grounded theory, this research sought to investigate and derive meaning from an exploration of the phenomenon of a program design process. The study was designed to address two primary research questions: first, how did faculty from both general and special education departments describe their experiences in a program merging design process; and secondly, what challenges did the faculty encounter during the program design process? Data collected included: program documents, meeting observations and in-depth interviews with the six faculty members of the case study. Three faculty members from a separate university were also interviewed to provide a contrast of the data to examine their experiences within a merged teacher education program, thus providing a comparison in the research. Five major findings emerged from this study, including the following: there was a collectively shared guiding vision for the team; collaboration as a key factor in the process; a sense of community and connectedness appeared to strengthen the process. Faculty buy-in and organizational structures of the program merger were recognized as challenges to the design process. Also, availability of time and resources were additional challenges the team faced. The study provides recommendations to college of education faculty and administration engaging in program merger design; to faculty engaged in leading the process as well as to faculty in general and special education interested in program reform.
Laurie Katz, Professor (Advisor)
Mary Bendixen-Noe, Professor (Committee Member)
Antoinette Errante, Associate Professor (Committee Member)
Amy Shuman, Professor (Committee Member)
232 p.
Education; Education Policy; Educational Leadership
Teacher Preparation, Collaboration, Special Education, General Education, Case Study, Grounded Theory, Constructivism, Behaviorism, Dual License, Merged Programming

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  • Wysocki, C. D. (2016). The Collaboration of General and Special Education in a Teacher Preparation Program Design: A Case Study [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460893938

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wysocki, Carrie. The Collaboration of General and Special Education in a Teacher Preparation Program Design: A Case Study. 2016. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460893938.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wysocki, Carrie. "The Collaboration of General and Special Education in a Teacher Preparation Program Design: A Case Study." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1460893938

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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