Carter, John L.2022-09-192022-09-191970197013025432https://hdl.handle.net/10657/11377The enhancement of effective decision-making and problem-solving skills for special education teachers is a challenge to teacher educators. During the fall semester, 1969, simulation was used as a basic technique for achieving this development in teachers of the mentally retarded. The simulation kit, as developed, included background materials on a simulated community, school system, and school, all of which constituted the setting. A district policy handbook, the state special education guidelines, and the cumulative records of pupils in the simulated classroom were provided to the participants in the simulation-based course offered for credit on the graduate level at the University of Houston. Realism was enhanced by the use of pictures, slides, and films, which enabled the participants to become acquainted with the setting in which they role-played the central character, a new teacher of the mentally retarded. [...]application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Simulation methodsTeachers of children with mental disabilitiesThesisreformatted digital