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Preparing teachers for inclusive education: some reflections from the Netherlands

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Teachers in the Netherlands hesitate to accept responsibility for students with special needs in regular education. They generally do not have positive attitudes towards inclusive education, citing a lack of personal knowledge and skill for teaching students with special needs, an area that was not sufficiently covered in their basic teacher training. Changing teacher training is an option, but it takes many years for the effects to be noticeable. This essay argues that there are other ways to prepare teachers and argues that by discussing problems in education with colleagues and working together as a team, they can resolve many of the issues for themselves.

Source: Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-3802.2010.01165.x

Author: Sip Jan Pijl

Institutions: University of Groningen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen