The Soft Skills of Special Education Teachers: Evidence from the Literature
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. The Inclusive Teacher
1.2. The Profile of the Special Education Teacher
1.3. The Soft Skills of the Special Education Teacher
2. Methods
Authors | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Non-Indexed Journals | Retention |
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Alexander and Byrd [41] | v | |||||
Allala and Abusukkar [42] | v | |||||
Bacon [43] | v | |||||
Buehler, Comrie, Hofmann, McDonald, and Hurst [44] | v | |||||
Burgess [45] | v | |||||
Cantón and Garcia [46] | v | |||||
Chong and Graham [47] | v | |||||
Clark, Konrad and Test [48] | v | |||||
Clark, Test, and Konrad [49] | v | |||||
Connor, Sung, Strain, Zeng, and Fabrizi [50] | v | |||||
Da Fonte and Boesch [51] | v | |||||
Devereaux [52] | v | |||||
Serrano, Dorrego Pupo, and Avila Guerra [53] | v | |||||
Engelmann, Kappel, and Kerry-Moran [54] | v | |||||
Espinoza, González, Castillo, and Neut [55] | v | |||||
Guo, Dynia, and Lai [56] | v | v | ||||
Hemmeter, Hardy, Schnitz, Adams, and Kinder [57] | v | |||||
Irvine [58] | v | v | ||||
Kart [59] | v | v | ||||
Mu, Hu, and Wang [60] | v | v | ||||
Nespor and Hicks [61] | v | |||||
Peltier, Washburn, Pulos, and Peltier [62] | v | v | ||||
Pickl, Holzinger, and Kopp-Sixt [63] | v | v | ||||
Rajoo [64] | v | |||||
Rinta [65] | v | |||||
Demirok, Gunduz, Yergazina, Maydangalieva, and Ryazanova [66] | v | v | ||||
Schechter and Feldman [67] | v | |||||
Shealey, McHatton, and Wilson [68] | v | |||||
Sullivan, Sadeh, and Houri [69] | v | |||||
Tsaoussi [70] | v | |||||
Voogt, Erstad, Dede, and Mishra [71] | v | |||||
Wu-Pong, Gobburu, O’Barr, Shah, Huber, and Weiner [72] | v | |||||
Yeni [73] | v | |||||
Number of articles | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Irvine [58] | V | V | V | V | ||
Pickl, Holzinger, and Kopp-Sixt [63] | V | V | V | V | V | |
Mu, Hu, and Wang [60] | V | |||||
Demirok, Gunduz, Yergazina, Maydangalieva, and Ryazanova [66] | V | |||||
Peltier, Washburn, Pulos, and Peltier [62] | V | V | V | |||
Guo, Dynia, and Lai [56] | V | V | ||||
Kart [59] | V | |||||
Number of articles | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
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Fernandes PRdS, Jardim J, Lopes MCdS. The Soft Skills of Special Education Teachers: Evidence from the Literature. Education Sciences. 2021; 11(3):125. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11030125
Chicago/Turabian StyleFernandes, Patrícia Raquel da Silva, Jacinto Jardim, and Maria Celeste de Sousa Lopes. 2021. "The Soft Skills of Special Education Teachers: Evidence from the Literature" Education Sciences 11, no. 3: 125. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11030125
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