Special Education Teaching Methods vs. General Ed

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Teaching Comparison: Interviews of a general education teacher and a special education teacher Brittany Drake Grand Canyon University: SPE553 10-30-2012 Teaching Comparison: Interviews of a general education teacher and a special education teacher In this essay I will discuss the differences and similarities between general education teacher and a special education teacher regarding these topics: proper terminology, law, and identification of intellectual disability, issues surrounding the definition and classification of students with intellectual disability, and the impact of characteristics of intellectual disability on learning, social attitudes, and curricular needs. The first teacher I interviewed teaches in a local elementary school and is not a special education teacher but, in her classroom works with a few students who have an intellectual disability. The second teacher I interviewed works at a local charter school, specifically with children who are labeled as cognitively delayed. General Education Point of View I will begin by discussing the information I received during the interview with the general education teacher then compare it to the information I got from the special education teacher. I started the conversation with the teacher who I will call “Jesse” by discussing the services for children with intellectual disability or modifications used in her classroom. She explained that only two children with special needs attend her class and both children have an aide to assist them during class. Jesse’s responsibility is to review the student’s file and determine what he r she is capable of doing in the classroom then assess that child based of his or her ability. Jesse has only been teaching for a little over a year and stated that she has not encountered and issues regarding the educational laws and regulations. Jesse and I also

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