Textbook: Special Education Law Third Edition by PearsonThose taking the class at the undergraduate (400) level write a 3-page paper. One reference must be one of our textbooks and the others must be from a peer-refereed professional journal (not a book, web page, magazine, newspaper, etc.) published no earlier than 2015. You must use original sources, rather than secondary sources, i.e., you cannot use information from an article referenced in another publication, but must access the original publication yourself. You must paraphrase. Do not use direct quotes. The source for paraphrased material must be cited in the body of the paper using APA parenthetical citation. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism.The personal philosophy paper must include the following sections, and the following subheadings are preferred:
Students I Desire to Serve
Provide a description of the type of students you believe you would like to work with or teach at this point in your training (age/level, disability) and provide a rationale for your choice. You must choose a specific IDEA disability category rather than all students with disabilities. This will help focus your search for instructional strategies.
Instructional Strategies
Provide complete descriptions of two research-based instructional strategies you plan to use when you work with these students, and why, with documentation: (a) fully describe the strategies and give an example of classroom use; (b) cover how they address specific weaknesses and/or utilize the strengths of your chosen population; (c) provide scientific evidence (numerical data on the results of the study) of the strategies’ effectiveness; and (d) Provide proper APA citation for each strategy.
Extended Professional Skills Desired and Plan for Acquisition
Extended professional skills are those that reach beyond the skills and competencies required for licensure. Include a description of two extended professional teaching skills you hope to acquire to best serve your students and a concrete plan of action describing when, where and how you will acquire the professional teaching skills that you have described.
Personal Philosophy of Education
Include a statement of your personal philosophy of general or special education, including a reflection on serving diverse populations. Please see the prologue (p. 2) & postscript (p. 559) of the Heward textbook for suggestions on developing a personal philosophy of special education.
Point values for paper components and many additional guidance documents are available here on Blackboard. Make sure that you’ve consulted all available help materials before handing in this paper. This assignment is a required component of Old Dominion University special education students’ professional portfolios. All students must submit a copy via LiveText–no other submissions will be accepted. Please note that you must have successfully completed the plagiarism tutorial quiz before the end of the first module.
