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Preparing special education teachers to differentiate instruction by integrating technology
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Preparing special education teachers to differentiate instruction by integrating technology
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Kouraeva
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Natalia A.
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Natalia A. Kouraeva
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Dan
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Dan Battey
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chair
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Ferris
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Edith
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Edith Ferris
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Gunteski
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Anne
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Anne Gunteski
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Education
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theses
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2015
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2015-10
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2015
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eng
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As the inclusive movement continues to gain momentum, preparing prospective special education teachers to successfully meet the needs of a diverse student population is an essential mission. Integrating technology to differentiate instruction (DI) can be an effective method to support each student’s individual learning. This cross-sectional mixed-methods study utilized surveys and multiple case studies (focus groups discussions, interviews, and observations) to collect data from both teacher educators and prospective special education teachers to investigate whether prospective special education teachers receive ample preparation and develop sufficient capability to differentiate instruction by integrating technology. The findings showed that the instructors and pre-service teachers recognize the importance of differentiated instruction and acknowledge that integrating technology can be a potentially effective method to DI, but improvement in preparation of pre-service special education teachers to differentiate instruction with technology is needed. The findings of this study are intended to assist teacher educators as they re-evaluate how to better prepare pre-service special education teachers to address the learning needs of all students in an inclusive environment.
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Special Education
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Inclusive education
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Special education
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Educational technology
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1 online resource (x, 156 p. : ill.)
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Ed.D.
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by Natalia A. Kouraeva
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doi:10.7282/T3J9689S
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Kouraeva
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Natalia
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A.
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2015-08-16 15:31:13
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Natalia Kouraeva
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Rutgers University. Graduate School of Education
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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