This chapter aims to: explore the crucial role of classroom teachers in addressing the challenges of inclusive early childhood, primary and secondary classrooms (identified in earlier chapters) and the need for teacher reflection; identify the characteristics of effective schools and explore the need ...
Paper provides some suggestions about the need of teacher education programme in the development of professional skills, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs for effective implementation of inclusive education practices. The paper also deals with the changing role and responsibilities of teacher in inclusive ...
It also attempts to explore the roles of teachers and teacher educators in the process of collaboration. It intends to seek the interface between theory and practice in the local educational context, in particular in empowering teachers through mutual communication, negotiation, consultation, rather ...
A decrease in student motivation in the middle grades mathematics classroom is cause for concern, especially when trying to make the mathematics environment more inclusive for typically marginalized students. One way to increase student motivation and make classrooms more inclusive is by introducing studen...
In Ireland, a support network comprising the teacher and additional classroom assistance now characterises much inclusive school provision. Such support is often provided via learning support teachers, resource teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs), the latter group being the focus of this ...
An Exploratory Study of Elementary Classroom Teachers' Physical Activity Promotion From a Social Learning Perspective Toward a model of teacher socialization in physi- cal education: the subjective warrant, recruitment, and teacher education. J Teach Phys Educn 1983; 2:... Webster, Collin A.|Bucha...
First of all, they were all successful teachers who were interested in further challenge in their professional lives. One of them suggested that the “busyness” of a teacher's life was such that they had little time for reflection but that the role of the teacher fellow, although it added...
This minimises the number of similar questions asked of the teacher, and maximises the number of students with access to the response. Off-campus students are supported. Discussion groups provide feedback on progress, and allow social interaction between the students themselves and with their teacher...
The inclusive education shift, in South Africa, has caused classroom teachers to take on many more responsibilities than was expected from them in previous years. These increased expectations, stress and anxiety becomes heavy burdens and has a negative influence on teacher well-being. Factors such ...
The literature well documents that teachers facilitate the resilience process of at-risk students through building empowering teacher-student relationships. Much less is known about teachers’ role in student resilience within an inclusive education context. Drawing on an ecological perspective, this quantit...