Building stronger teacher education programmes to prepare inclusive teachers

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    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 languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationRe-imagining Professional Experience in Initial Teacher Education
    Subtitle of host publicationNarratives of Learning
    EditorsAnge Fitzgerald, Graham Parr, Judy Williams
    Place of PublicationSingapore
    PublisherSpringer
    Chapter4
    Pages55-66
    Number of pages12
    ISBN (Electronic)9789811308154
    ISBN (Print)9789811308147
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018

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