Inclusion of Differently Abled Students in Teacher Education Programmes
Inclusion of Differently Abled Students in Teacher Education Programmes
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Date
2019-09
Authors
Ndow, Isatou
Jallow, Aboubacarr
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Publisher
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
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Abstract
Training differently abled
persons (visually
impaired, hard of hearing and
persons with
p
hysical
impairment)
as teachers for mainstream
schools is
not only seen as difficult but
impossible for some. The fact that differently abled persons are more likely to be
excluded from primary and secondary education is a reason
why
the training of such
persons t
o teach in mainstream school would be seen as
impossibility
. In The Gambia, it
is common to see differently abled persons sitting under
the hot burning sun
or in
shopping areas asking for alms. The Gambia College in collaboration with the Ministry
of Basic
and Secondary Education came up with an intervention to provide
opportunities for differently abled person to train as teachers for the basic education
sector. This conference paper intends to
discuss,
how Gambia C
ollege, an institution
with little
resour
ces
, could include differently abled persons in its teacher education
programmes.
The paper will examine the following: the numbers
of differently abled
students
graduating from Grade 12, h
igh school, importance and benefits of training
then, integrating t
hem into mainstream schools, challenges faced by both differently
abled students and tutors
.
Short videos and pictures will be included in the paper and
during the presentation. // Paper ID 245
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Subject
Special Education,
Higher Education,
Multimedia,
Teacher Education
Country
Gambia
Region
Africa