Making Integration Happen: Essential Competencies for Teacher Education

Authors

  • A.N. Pillay

Keywords:

Integration, Teacher Education, Skills and Knowledge, Teaching Strategies, Training Programmes, Teacher Training, Competency, Inclusion

Abstract

As the major educational resource available to a school is the skill and knowledge of its teaching staff, the movement towards integration must raise questions about the adequacy of existing teacher education and training programmes. A study conducted in Australia points to the need to identify a cluster of capabilities' as a minimum competency which would become an integral part of all teacher training. 

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1995-11-11

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Pillay, A. (1995). Making Integration Happen: Essential Competencies for Teacher Education. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 9(1), 23–34. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/387

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