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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Teacher Perceptions of the Successful Implementation of Co-teaching Services

Raybould, Vanna 01 January 2017 (has links)
This project study addressed a lack of consistent instructional delivery of co-teaching practices in a rural high school in middle Georgia. Though co-teaching services are provided, teachers are not implementing co-teaching models with fidelity. Because co-teaching teams are not trained together, teachers' efficacy in the delivery of co-taught instruction has often been negatively affected. This project study provided insight into the perceptions of co-teachers regarding the implementation of co-teaching practices. Bandura's self-efficacy theory served as the conceptual framework for this study. Using a qualitative, bounded, single case study design, the study explored the perceptions of co-teachers and the planning practices that were used by teachers in a rural high school in middle Georgia. A total of 9 general and special education co-teachers were recruited to participate in the study. Qualitative data for the study were gathered through semistructured interviews, a focus group interview, and lesson plan documentation. The transcribed interviews and lesson plan documents were analyzed through open and axial coding to generate themes. The findings revealed that teachers perceived a need for further training in co-teaching methods to improve their self-efficacy in collaboration and the implementation of co-teaching practices. The results of the study were used to develop a professional learning project that benefits teachers by improving collaboration, the implementation of co-teaching models, and co-teaching instructional strategies. The project may contribute to positive social change by improving co-teachers' skills to deliver effective instruction and increasing the self-efficacy of teachers to create a supportive learning environment within their co-taught classrooms.

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