Special education preservice teachers' appropriation of pedagogical tools for teaching reading

• Autores: Melinda M. Leko, Mary T. Brownell
• Localización: Exceptional children, ISSN-e 2163-5560, ISSN 0014-4029, Vol. 77, Nº. 2, 2011, págs. 229-251
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study examined various influences on special education preservice teachers' appropriation of pedagogical tools for teaching reading to students with high-incidence disabilities using an activity theory framework. Interview, observation, and artifact data were collected on 6 preservice teachers, their reading methods course instructors, field supervisors, and practicum cooperating teachers. Using grounded theory methods, 4 concepts emerged as chief influences on participants' appropriation of conceptual and practical reading tools: (a) opportunities to appropriate knowledge in practice, (b) personal qualities, (c) motivation for knowledge assimilation, and (d) access to knowledge. Specific information related to these 4 concepts and their relationships are reported with implications for future research and practice in special education teacher education.