Special Education Foundations & Framework

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Special Education Foundation and Frameworks

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Special Education Foundation and Frameworks

The main aim of special education as a discipline can be seen in its emphasis on the necessity to implement just and fair standards that will be used in gauging the treatment of all students within both privately and publicly funded educational institutions . This aim for fair treatment within the academic discipline can be

seen in special education 's emphasis on its advocacy for persons with disabilities and (its ) embracing of individual differences (Council for Exceptional Children , 1999 ,

.1 . According to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (1999 , in to implement this advocacy it is necessary to have `knowledge of students ' `knowledge of special education ' `knowledge of the importance of communications in learning `capability to create an environment in which equal treatment , fairness and respect for diversity are modeled , taught , and practiced by all and `knowledge of the subject matter (p .4 . Within the State of Arizona , for example , these standards are implemented by placing emphasis on the teacher 's role in the knowledge acquisition process as well as in the process of `creating an environment that maintains a learning climate ' within the classroom (Arizona Department of Education n .d ,

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The information specified within these standards are necessary in to become an effective special education teacher since these standards...