Choices in the design of inclusive education courses for pre-service teachers: The case of a South African university.

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dc.article.end-page248en_ZA
dc.article.start-page231en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWalton, E.
dc.contributor.authorRusznyak, L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T07:40:12Z
dc.date.available2021-10-20T07:40:12Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIt is expected that that pre-service teachers are adequately equipped to meet the needs of diverse students. This article discusses the choices that teacher educators must make in designing inclusive education courses. The first choice is whether inclusive education will be infused into the curriculum or presented as a stand-alone course. If the latter, the second decision is what determines the content of courses – teacher need, policy directives or the authority of the field where knowledge is produced. If teacher educators look to the field of knowledge production, they might choose among inclusive education as an issue of student diversity; teaching competence; and schools and societies. We animate these choices as we describe an inclusive education course taught in a South African university. Our conclusion suggests that pre-service teacher education for inclusive education would be strengthened by more critical appraisal of the assumptions and orientations informing the design of courses.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMS2021en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the National Research Foundation (South Africa) [90378]en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of humanitiesen_ZA
dc.funderNational Research Foundation (South Africa) [90378]en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWalton, E., & Rusznyak, L. (2017). Choices in the design of inclusive education courses for pre-service teachers: The case of a South African university. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 64(3), 231-248.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1465-346X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/31755
dc.journal.issue3en_ZA
dc.journal.linkhttps://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2016.1195489en_ZA
dc.journal.titleInternational Journal of Disability, Development and Educationen_ZA
dc.journal.volume64en_ZA
dc.publisheren_ZA
dc.schoolWits School of Educationen_ZA
dc.titleChoices in the design of inclusive education courses for pre-service teachers: The case of a South African university.en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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