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Are There Seminal Works in Special Education?

James R. Patton is an associate professor of special education in the Department of Special Education at the University of Hawai/Manoa. He received his EdD in special education from the University of Virginia. His search interests focus on curriculum development and issues related to teaching students with special needs.

Edward A. Polloway

Edward A. Polloway is professor of special education and associate dean for academic affairs at Lynchburg College. He completed his graduate work in special education with emphasis in mental retardation and learning disabilities at the University of Virginia. He is the coauthor of four textbooks related to instructional methodology for children and adolescents with handicaps and has published a variety of articles focusing on various aspects of curriculum and methodology for exceptional learners.

Michael H. Epstein

Michael H. Epstein is professor of special education at Northern Illinois University. His research interests focus on behavior disorders and learning problems of mildly handicapped adolescents.

A persuasive argument can be made for the importance of students' being familiar with those works within a specific discipline that have had a major impact upon the field. The present study was an attempt to determine whether there are identifiable "seminal" works in the field of special education. A total of 67 persons out of a pool of 122 (55%) responded to a survey regarding their perceptions of the most influential research papers, position papers/research reviews, and books in the field. The results are discussed in terms of both the significance of the data as well as for their contribution to an understanding of the field of special education.

Remedial and Special Education, Vol. 10, No. 3, 54-59 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/074193258901000310


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