Open AccessMeeting The Need For Special Education Teachers For Culturally Linguistically Diverse Students With Disabilities
Author(s) -
Patricia Peterson,
Stephen Showalter
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of college teaching and learning/journal of college teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-894X
pISSN - 1544-0389
DOI - 10.19030/tlc.v7i10.151
Subject(s) - special education , psychology , cultural diversity , pedagogy , teacher preparation , special needs , mathematics education , culturally appropriate , teacher education , medical education , sociology , medicine , gerontology , psychiatry , anthropology
This paper describes why special education teachers are needed to meet the needs of the increasing number of culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities in the United States. The paper presents innovative approaches to recruiting and training culturally responsive special education teachers.