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Article: Professional Development Needs Assessment for Secondary Vocational and Technical Education Teachers Related to Students with Special Needs.
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
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Introduction
In most states, secondary vocational and technical education teachers obtain their teaching licenses as a result of their occupational experiences and not as a result of their vocational teacher training. This licensing option is significant within the trade and industry, health occupations and marketing program areas (American Vocational Association, 1993; Jones & Black, 1995; Kraska, 1996; Weber, 1989). This creates a need to understand what attitudes, knowledge, and skills related to working with individuals with special needs that new vocational teachers should possess. In reviewing the literature in this area, very little was published ...