Managed Chaos

Managed Chaos, describes the experiences of §special education teachers in diverse settings at a §time when federal law and assessment requirements §drive educational policy. The analyses, built upon §teacher description and observation, illuminate the §elements of special education teacher practice and §document the tensions manifested in the interaction §between special education and general education. §This text fills a vacancy in the currently existing §studies of teacher practice. Undergraduate students §contemplating entering the profession of special §education will find the documentation of experiences §in the field informative. Graduate students and §instructors will find an accessible study of teacher §practice. Practicing special educators will be §interested in the opportunity to be heard in the §literature just as so many general education §teachers have already been heard. General educators §may examine teaching practice from the perspective §of special educators. School administrators and §policy makers will find useful information to §consider as they address issues of improving school §culture and the major issues of school reform. Managed Chaos, describes the experiences of §special education teachers in diverse settings at a §time when federal law and assessment requirements §drive educational policy. The analyses, built upon §teacher description and observation, illuminate the §elements of special education teacher practice and §document the tensions manifested in the interaction §between special education and general education. §This text fills a vacancy in the currently existing §studies of teacher practice. Undergraduate students §contemplating entering the profession of special §education will find the documentation of experiences §in the field informative. Graduate students and §instructors will find an accessible study of teacher §practice. Practicing special educators will be §interested in the opportunity to be heard in the §literature just as so many general education §teachers have already been heard. General educators §may examine teaching practice from the perspective §of special educators. School administrators and §policy makers will find useful information to §consider as they address issues of improving school §culture and the major issues of school reform.