ERIC Number: EJ1185214
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jul
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-2515-0731
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(Re)-Defining 'Teacher': Preservice Teachers with Disabilities in Canadian Teacher Education Programs
Wilson, Alina; Sokal, Laura; Woloshyn, Deb
Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, v42 spec iss 1 p17-29 Jul 2018
Directors of Student Teaching from the Western Canadian provinces participated in focus groups about the realities and decision-making processes around practicum for preservice teachers with disabilities. Results showed current standards, when applied rigidly, served to reify a static, homogenous, and unrealistic definition of 'teacher' that marginalises preservice teachers with disabilities. However, the effort of directors to challenge this notion of 'teacher', framed within the constructionist model of disability, gives hope for a more inclusive future teaching force.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Student Teaching, Disabilities, Focus Groups, Administrator Attitudes, Disadvantaged, Inclusion, Teacher Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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