The problem of this study was to identify professional competencies considered essential for the generic special educator. The purpose of this study was to identify competencies essential to the successful performance of a generic special educator to be used in the development of special education personnel. The identified competencies were utilized in the newly developed competency-based generic special education program at North Texas State University. To accomplish this study, a non-proportional stratified random sample of fifty-one school districts was selected from Regions VII, VIII, X, and XI. An instrument was developed, pilot tested, and revised. The instrument was administered to the sample of selected professional personnel within each selected school district. Descriptive data from the questionnaire were compiled and presented in tables by position and sub-group. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was applied as a measure of association among the various sub-groups on the basis of the rank ordering of items. In order to determine significant differences among sub-groups on the variable of importance of competency item, analyses of variance were calculated. Trainability ratings were analyzed using the chi square test of independence to test the degree of agreement of training environment among the four sub-groups.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500714 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Cooper, Bobbye Williams |
| Contributors | Cheek, Claude W., McCallon, Earl L., Jones, Eloise H, Brookshire, William K. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | xv, 296 leaves, Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas |
| Rights | Public, Cooper, Bobbye Williams, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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