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ERIC Number: EJ944077
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-1538
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Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education in Latin America
Vaillant, Denise
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v41 n3 p385-398 Sep 2011
This article analyzes the current challenges facing inclusive education in Latin America and explores some possible solutions. The author suggests that teachers play a key role in providing education that is inclusive for all. In Latin America, today, however, inclusive education often does not respond to the needs of children and young people, and teachers often finish their professional training without acquiring the skills they need to work with children and young people living in difficult circumstances. Teachers also need incentives to work in remote or difficult geographical areas, and they benefit from national efforts to improve their status, including awards for innovative work. Much remains to be done, but the training of teachers for a more inclusive education system is gradually being incorporated as part of the educational policy agenda in Latin America.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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