Joseph Johnson, Ph.D. is the chair of the Department of Teacher Education at Troy University. After over 13 years teaching in middle and high school classes in North Carolina, Washington, and Nebraska, he earned his Ph.D. in special education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He also holds a M.S. in special education from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a B.S. in secondary education-social studies from Appalachian State University. Dr. Johnson has been working in teacher education since 2010, and his primary focus is how best to prepare future teachers for success in their classrooms.
This text equips future educators with the knowledge and strategies necessary to address the wide-ranging diversity in modern classrooms. It acknowledges that learning about diversity is a process and provides foundational knowledge to better prepare teachers for diverse educational encounters. The second edition features two new chapters that address individualized education programs, and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and response to intervention (RtI).