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Mark Alter is a Professor of Educational Psychology at New York University and was the founding chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning and served as Chair for 14 years. He has an extensive record of publications , national and international workshops and funded grants in the field of teacher education and special education. He was granted A Fulbright Senior Specialist award in Special Education to Viet Nam , and was awarded The NYU Distinguished Teaching award. Alter and Pradl published” Ending Three-Card Monte in Teacher Education” and argued that teacher education programs must have a direct connection with student learning outcomes and in 2012 Alter and Naiditch discussed the need for highly qualified teachers and, perhaps greater than any time in our history, there are more diverse pathways to becoming a highly qualified teacher than ever before with the traditional university model, alternative certifications, on-line programs, and standardized tests waiving course work.
Alter has an extensive background in the classroom, as well as a PhD from Yeshiva University in special education.
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A major problem in mainstreaming and implementation of Public Law 94-142 has been in establishing... more A major problem in mainstreaming and implementation of Public Law 94-142 has been in establishing evaluation criteria to determine appropriate learning environment placement. Providing appropriate education in the least restrictive environment is primarily the classroom teacher's responsibility, requiring decision-making based on these questions: (1) What am I doing?, (2) Why am I doing it?, and (3) How do I know what I am doing is DIFARTMENT OE EDUCATION NATION:LL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION a) CENTER IERICI (:) This dCiument has been repraluced as received from the person or organizafion C\-.1 originating d Minor Changes have been made tO improve r4-\ reproduction qualav
Teaching Exceptional Children, 1986
A major problem in mainstreaming and implementation of Public Law 94-142 has been in establishing... more A major problem in mainstreaming and implementation of Public Law 94-142 has been in establishing evaluation criteria to determine appropriate learning environment placement. Providing appropriate education in the least restrictive environment is primarily the classroom teacher's responsibility, requiring decision-making based on these questions: (1) What am I doing?, (2) Why am I doing it?, and (3) How do I know what I am doing is DIFARTMENT OE EDUCATION NATION:LL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION a) CENTER IERICI (:) This dCiument has been repraluced as received from the person or organizafion C\-.1 originating d Minor Changes have been made tO improve r4-\ reproduction qualav
Teaching Exceptional Children, 1986
LinkedIN, 2019
Maybe it is time to take a shared responsibility for the rigorous exploration of academic subject... more Maybe it is time to take a shared responsibility for the rigorous exploration of academic subject matter, social-emotional development, and cultural responsivity where students and their families are encouraged to develop, critique, envision and implement conceptions of a better school through exploration and innovation in teaching and learning?