Graduation Year
2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ed.D.
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Degree Granting Department
Special Education
Major Professor
David Allsopp, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Jeannie Kleinhammer-Tramill, Ph.D.
Committee Member
David Hoppey, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Jennifer Wolgemuth, Ph.D.
Keywords
Family-school collaboration, perceptions of preservice teachers, preservice teacher preparation
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the integration of family involvement in the courses and field experiences in an undergraduate special education program. This study also explored preservice teachers’ perceptions about what they learned in their program and the perceptions, and understandings of pre-service teachers regarding collaboration with families based on their past experiences with their families. This study used qualitative research methods to answer questions about perceptions of pre-service teachers’ perceptions of collaborating with families and the extent to which their perceptions are influenced by their own family backgrounds as well as their perceptions about what they learned in their program. In order to address the goals and related research questions of this study, the research design will be a descriptive case study. Interviews with six preservice teachers and two professors and document analysis used in this study as a source of data. Three themes emerged from the data. The themes are as follows: perceptions of preservice teachers about family-school collaboration, preservice teachers’ past experiences when they were at K-12 in terms of family involvement and teacher education program experiences of preservice teachers.
Scholar Commons Citation
Ozturk, Mehmet Emin, "Collaboration with Families: Perceptions of Special Education Preservice Teachers and Teacher Preparation" (2017). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/7071
