Professional Standards for Australian Special Education Teachers. Issue 1 (10th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dempsey, Ian; Dally, Kerry
• Is Part Of: Australasian journal of special education. Volume 38:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 13
• Publication Date: 2014-03-10
• Subjects: Exceptional children -- Periodicals; Children with disabilities -- Periodicals; 371.905
• DOI: 10.1017/jse.2014.1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1030-0112

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Although professional standards for Australian teachers were developed several years ago, this country is yet to develop such standards for special education teachers. The lack of standards for the special education profession is associated with the absence of a consistent process of accreditation in Australia and a lack of clarity in the pathways that teachers may pursue to achieve accreditation. In this paper, we review professional standards for special education teachers in the UK and the US, and the related yet limited work completed in Australia. Substantial commonalities across these jurisdictions demonstrate that much of the groundwork has been completed in the important task of developing special education standards in this country.</p> </abstract>