South African teachers' views of collaboration within an inclusive education system

作者：Nel Mirna^*; Engelbrecht Petra; Nel Norma; Tlale Dan

来源：International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014, 18(9): 903-917.

DOI：10.1080/13603116.2013.858779

• South African teachers
• collaboration
• collaborative partnerships
• inclusive education

The development of sustainable collaborative partnerships between different role players within an inclusive education system seems to be a continuous challenge in South Africa. The focus of this research study was to understand how teachers view collaboration within an inclusive education system. Open-ended questionnaires were completed by 85 participating teachers and focus group interviews were employed with 24 educators. The findings indicate that educators still believe that they are not adequately trained and skilled to play an equal role in a collaborative partnership and prefer to rather refer learners experiencing barriers to learning to other support structures and professionals for support.

• 出版日期2014
• 单位西北大学