TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Since 1985, Advances in Special Education has aspired to advance theories and best practices essential to understanding, treating, and instructing students with disabilities. At times, advancement involves vision and innovation. At other times, new technologies, cutting edge medical procedures, or innovate pedagogical practices capture the attention of special education professionals globally and substantial changes can result in the way students with special needs are instructed. This volume in Special Education International Perspectives invites a call for common ground and global commonalities in all schools. The main theme of this chapter is that teachers matter. The chapter reviews two decade of scientific evidence that supports this theme. The scientific evidence comes from neuroscience and social cognition findings related to the importance of the teacher–student interaction. Environmental influences are not only the physical world but the all-important social world. The chapter begins with an overview of the “social” brain relative to teaching. A practical guide for teacher use of evidence-based educational practices concludes the chapter.
VL  - 27
SN  - 978-1-78441-045-2/0270-4013
DO  - 10.1108/S0270-401320140000027001
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0270-401320140000027001
AU  - Burkhardt Sandra
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Disability: Building Connections: How Teachers Matter
T2  - Special Education International Perspectives: Biopsychosocial, Cultural, and Disability Aspects
T3  - Advances in Special Education
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 3
EP  - 32
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -