From the monthly archives

October 2009

Special education caters to the educational needs of those students which certain level mental disability to comprehend things. Below is the list of some useful open courses list for people who deal into teaching of special education.

Professional Role in Teaching Special Education: This courseware  offered by Susan Bruce of Michigan State University is based upon professional role in teaching special education. It imparts learning on topics like collaboration with teachers, parents and community settings.

Best Special Education Practices: This courseware offered by Ann Nevin from Arizona State University is for elementary and secondary teachers in special education.

Heilpädagogik Online: It is quarterly peer reviewed online medical journal with special focus on Special education and disability studies.  It is set up with goal to provide scientific knowledge of Special Education and Disability studies for professional as well as public. Its articles are provided in German as well as English.

The Inonu University Journal of the Faculty of Education (INUJFE):  It is an open courseware with access to electronic and open access electric and print journal devoted to the dissemination, criticism, interpretation and encouragement of all forms of systematic enquiry into education and fields related or associated with education.

International Journal of Special Education: Published since 2002, this Journal is intended to make its content available free to everyone who is interested in special education or is a student of special education.

International Journal of Whole Schooling: This is an internationally referred publication to device new methods of learning and schooling for all children. The journal is for a large range of people in education field including researchers, parents, teachers, students, community members and policy makers for expressing views and ideas on topics ranging scholarly research, experience of teachers, policy analysis and many more.

The Open Education Journal:  it s is an Open Access online journal which the best content comprising research articles, reviews and short articles from the areas of education research on varied issues of learning and specially special education.

Teaching Exceptional Children Plus:  This journal publishes content useful for people who are working with and working with need of children with special education and needs.

The Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD): It is an international organization of and for the professionals who from diverse fields of work, showcase and represent diverse disciplines with a promise to enhance the educational level and lifespan of individuals with learning disabilities and be in need of special education.

Federation for Children with Special Needs: The Federation work with objective to provide support and assistance to children with disabilities, professional partners and their communities. It is also working with objective to learn from families and to encourage them to participate in communities with people with disabilities.

Top 10 Education Wonks to Follow on Twitter

by admin on October 6, 2009

Education Wonks are persons who are highly enthusiasts of bringing change to education and more of the times are interested in modifying education patterns. Below are the profiles of the education enthusiast with regular tweets on Twitter.

Sara Neufeld: Living at Baltimore she is a Writer, education wonk and yoga practitioner.

Mark Leach: Living at Camden, London he is a full time HE policy geek for NUS, cinema nerd and a sushi lover.

Diane Weir: Living at Wstford Massachusetts she is an IBMer and an education wonk and express her ideas and views on education through her blog http://www.dianeweir.com.

Ana Petero: Living at SF Bay Area she is an educator and politics wonk.

BobMorrison: Living at Warren, New Jersy Morrison is a Music and Arts Education Researcher, Advocate and public policy wonk.

Adam Hall: Living at Newberry, SC, USA is a BA and an MA in English. He also been trained as an Office of Vocation and Adult Education (OVAE) facilitator. A Breaking Ranks II instructor and a Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) workshop provider.

Kristen Kulinowski: Presently living at Houston, Texas is a chemist, education policy wonk and presently working as a mediator to describe interfaces between science and society in respect to nanotechnology.

SecurEducation: Living at Minnesota US, he is education wonk for IT security hazards.

Neil Allison: Living at Washington DC, Neil Allison is an education expert with nearly over 10 years of experience creating and putting effective business policies into effect.  He has implied his innovative solution making strategies in digital media, online tutoring, institutional assessment, education analytics and course management.

Kathy Christie: Living at Denver, she is an education policy wonk and you can have better idea about her area of interest from http://www.ecs.org.