Abstract
In response to concerns about the capacity of current school-based placements to prepare newteachers for inclusive classrooms, teacher education institutions are developing additional fieldwork programmes. We describe an innovative fieldwork programme that resulted from a partnership between the Faculty of Education at Monash University and Wallara (a disability-service provider), and we present findings from an investigation into the pedagogical decisions pre-service teachers made in this programme when tutoring young adults with intellectual disabilities. The findings suggest that well-structured fieldwork programmes that take place on campus can provide valuable opportunities for preparing new teachers for inclusive classrooms.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Re-imagining Professional Experience in Initial Teacher Education |
Subtitle of host publication | Narratives of Learning |
Editors | Ange Fitzgerald, Graham Parr, Judy Williams |
Place of Publication | Singapore |
Publisher | Springer |
Chapter | 4 |
Pages | 55-66 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811308154 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789811308147 |
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Publication status | Published - 2018 |