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Lawrence, Clare; Rimmer, John – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2020
The draft film "Broken" (Rimmer, 2020) is an artistic impression that aims to articulate dysfluency from an autistic viewpoint. This paper reports on a pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of the film as a tool to support trainee teachers' understanding of fluency issues in autistic pupils in the mainstream classroom. The study…
Descriptors: Mass Media Use, Films, Preservice Teachers, Autism
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Lawrence, Clare – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2019
Consideration of attitudes towards people with disabilities has been the subject of study for many years (e.g. (Kenneth, Antonak and Livneh, 1989; Campbell, Gilmore and Cuskelly, 2003; Praisner, 2003), although trainee teachers' preconception of autistic pupils specifically has not been addressed. The purpose of this study was to determine whether…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preservice Teachers
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Lawrence, Clare – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2019
Despite extensive interest in the needs of autistic pupils in education, there seems to date to have been no focus on the needs or attitudes of teachers who are autistic. This paper reports on the case study of an autistic trainee teacher during his Initial Teacher Education (ITE) year undertaking a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at…
Descriptors: Role Models, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers