| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育科技學系碩士在職專班 === 94 === The purpose of this study is to identify the content of induction program for elementary beginning teachers of special education. Literature analysis was first used to synthesize and develop related preliminary questionnaire before the formal survey. Then, the Fuzzy Delphi method was conducted to collect the consensus opinions of a group of experts.
The conclusions of the research were summarized as follow：
1.The essential content of the induction program for elementary beginning teachers of special education includes “psychological supports”, “resources”, “classroom management”, “instructional design and practice”, “professional development”, and “partnership”. The priorities of these six dimensions start with “classroom management”, “instructional design and practice”, “partnership”, “professional development”, “psychological supports” and “resources”.
2.The essential content of the induction program for elementary beginning teachers of special education is comprised with fifty-three items. Based on the degree of importance of these items, “carry out the IEPs”, “assess students’ timely ability and need”, “deal with the problematic behaviors of student”, “design the suitable teaching materials”, “apply the appropriate instructional methods”, “apply guidance competency”, “design the IEPs”, and “promote the learning motivation of students” should be the major focus. These eight items all belong to “instructional design and practice” and “classroom management” dimensions.
Suggestions for the educational practice and future research were summarized as follows：
1.For the educational practice
（1）It is need to pay close attention to the professional development of beginning special education teachers.
（2）The professional standards of special education teacher should be established.
（3）The development and practice of the induction program for elementary beginning teachers of special education should include following six stages: “organization of induction program development team”, “identification of available resources”, “preliminary needs assessment”, “development of written plan”, “program implementation”, and “program evaluation and revision”.
2.For the future study
（1）To expand the scope of research subjects to all relevant stakeholders.
（2）To conduct “expert panel discussion” in order to collect comprehensive experts suggestions extensively.
（3）To develop the contents of the induction program according to the kinds of special education classes.
（4）To further analyze the differences of the suggestions among different kind of stakeholders.
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