Journal of Teacher Education and Research
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 2

The Teacher Education Quality: Perspective of Experienced Special Educators & Upcoming Educators on Teaching Special Need Children

1Lecturer, Ashtavakra Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research, East Rohini, New Delhi-110085, India

2ASLP, Chaitanya Therapy Centre, Mogapair, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, therapyjsr92@gmail.com

3Lecturer, AYJNISHD (SRC), Manovikas Nagar, Secunderabad-500009, Telangana, India

*Corresponding author email id: himanshu.v.91@gmail.com

Online published on 23 January, 2018.

Abstract

The present study explores the teacher education quality to educate children with special needs (CWSN). This study included 30 special educators and 50 students D. Ed. (CWSN) & B. Ed. (CWSN). A questionnaire by Bullock (2015, Rising Tide, 1, 1) was administered. Result revealed that both groups have different opinion towards teacher quality. Students believed that a good teacher should be more passionate towards teaching and should have positivity as well as good bonding with students, whereas experienced teacher pointed out flexibility, organised work and patience as a quality of good teachers.

Keywords

Teachers ’education, Children with special needs, Trainee teachers, Quality education