New England Educational Research Organization. Dis/ability and the Ideal Teacher: Expanding the Norm for More Inclusive Teacher Education Approaches

• In Event: Consortium of State and Regional Educational Research Associations Distinguished Paper Session 4

Abstract

This paper is part of a larger research project that explored the ways teacher education faculty employ dispositions in their interactions with disabled teacher candidates. Interviews with current teacher education faculty and document analysis of dispositions rubrics revealed the connection between dispositions and ideologies of dis/ability. Underlying the use of dispositions is the concept of an ideal teacher which I argue becomes an essentialized, normative teacher. This paper explores how examining the norm allows for more inclusive approaches to assessing and addressing dispositions in teacher education programs.
Keywords: Special Education; Teacher Education; Ability; Inclusive Education

Author

• Katie Roquemore, Landmark College
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