Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ630049
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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Portfolios as a Tool for Attitude Change.
Winzer, Margret; Altieri, Elizabeth; Larsson, Victoria
Rural Special Education Quarterly, v19 n3-4 p72-81 Sum-Fall 2000
A course at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta) uses student portfolios of social and cultural perspectives on disabilities to challenge rural preservice teachers' attitudes toward disabilities and the philosophy of inclusion. Elements of the portfolio are described. The particular value of this method for rural preservice teachers and the drawbacks of the method are discussed. (Contains 36 references.) (SV)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Education Courses, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Mainstreaming, Portfolios (Background Materials), Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Rural Education, Social Attitudes, Special Education, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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