A Triarchic Model for Teaching “Introduction to Special Education”: Case Studies, Content Acquisition Podcasts, and Effective Feedback

Abstract

those who teach introductory level courses in special educa-tion to pre-service teacher candidates often face a paradox in terms of whether to use limited instructional time to fo-cus on characteristics of students with disabilities or empha-size evidence-based practices (eBPs). the issue of limited instructional time is also an issue in other teacher prepara-tion coursework. the purpose of this paper is to introduce the content acquisition podcast (caP) method for delivering course content in order to maximize limited face-to-face in-