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Shaping students for inclusion: a gift and a project. Dutch preservice teachers and the complexity of inclusive teaching practices in physical education.
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International Journal of Inclusive Education . Jun2024, Vol. 28 Issue 8, p1339-1354. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This paper aims to uncover assumptions about inclusion held by preservice teachers in physical education. The focus is on how they construct ideas about inclusion and how these constructions inform their attempts to reduce inequities and enhance inclusion in their teaching practices. A critical approach to the reflections of 41 Dutch preservice teachers, revealed how they struggled with inclusion and perceived it both as a gift and a project. Their positive affection for students whose bodies and attitudes resembled the ideal of the preservice teacher, opened the window for exclusionary practices in which all students became responsible for their own inclusion. The preservice teachers tended to apply discourses of transformation to those who underperformed or whose attitudes were perceived as inappropriate. The paper concludes with reflections on how teaching stances that are shaped by cruel optimism can inform inclusion and exclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13603116
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Inclusive Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178681423
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2021.1991493