Education for Inclusion, Teacher Education and the Teacher Training Agency Standards

Abstract

Abstract The issue of inclusion is a crucial consideration in education and there have been increasing demands in recent years for schools to provide equality of opportunity for all pupils. However, the reality of providing for inclusion in many faceted settings such as schools is a complex issue, as indeed is the provision of education for inclusion. In recent years in Great Britain, various initiatives, for example, citizenship education, have been introduced to school curricula. These initiatives have the promotion of values at their foundation, linked as they are to fostering in pupils the attitudes, evaluation and modes of acting compatible with inclusion. However, the framework for teacher education that pertains in Great Britain, as outlined in TTA documentation, is linked strictly to the development of the practical competence of teachers. Little attention is given to considering the value-laden foundational principles of practice. Teachers then are not given the kind of professional development t...

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