The SERC Report: Diverse Training or Training for Diversity?

Authors

  • Patricia Eaton

Keywords:

SERC Report, Provision, School System, Diversity, Policies, Legislation, Special Education Review Committee, Teacher Training, Special Educational Needs, S.E.N., Impact, Implications, Teacher Education, In-Service Provision, Resource, Model

Abstract

The Report of the Special Education Review Committee published in October 1993 contains some specific suggestions for the training of teachers who will be involved in working with children who have special educational needs. Other recommendations included in the report also have significant, sometimes indirect, implications for the nature and content of such training. This article considers the impact the report might, and should have on future training for special needs and presents a possible model for the organisation of future in-service provision.

References

Department of Education and Science, UK. (1978). Special Educational Needs: Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Handicapped Children and Young People (The Warnock Report). London: H.M.S.O.

Hegarty S. & Moses D. (eds.) (1988). Developing Expertise INSET for Special Educational Needs. Windsor: NFER-Nelson.

Mason H. et al (1993). "Professional Courses at a Distance for Teachers of Children with Special Educational Needs". Open Learning 8,3, p. 46-50.

Swan D. and Leydon M. (eds.) (1991). Teachers as Learners: In-service Education for the 1990s. UCD: The Standing Committee of Teacher Unions and University Departments of Education, Ireland.

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Published

1994-11-11

How to Cite

Eaton, P. (1994). The SERC Report: Diverse Training or Training for Diversity?. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 8(1), 35–40. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/408

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (1994)

Section

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