ERIC Number: EJ857191
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-May
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0885-6257
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Developing Inclusive Practices through Collaborative Action Research
Argyropoulos, Vassilios S.; Nikolaraizi, Magda A.
European Journal of Special Needs Education, v24 n2 p139-153 May 2009
This paper highlights the framework and discusses the results of an action research network which aimed to promote academic access in two general educational settings within which a pupil with blindness and a deaf pupil were educated respectively. The persons involved in this collaborative scheme were general teachers, a school counsellor, academic staff and student teachers. The findings of the study indicate that the implementation of the action research network resulted in the development of inclusive and collaborative thinking and the adoption of relevant teaching practices which promoted the children's access to the curriculum and supported the teachers' and student teachers' professional development. The outcomes of this action research network raise concerns about the access and the status of membership of children with special needs in general educational classroom and provide insights for the pivotal role of action research in understanding educational contexts and situations from a number of different perspectives. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Action Research, Special Needs Students, Teaching Methods, Cooperation, Inclusive Schools, Mainstreaming, Deafness, Blindness, Teacher Collaboration, Cooperative Planning, School Counselors, School Personnel, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Faculty Development, Grade 2, Grade 6
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 2; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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