The Potential To Learn: Pre-Service Teachers Proposed Use Of Instructional Strategies For Students With A Learning Disability

Abstract

Over recent years, moves toward the inclusion of students with special needs in mainstream classrooms has brought about increasing attention to (Bandura, 1977, andLiljedahl, 2005). With learning disabilities being one of the most common disabilities in the classroom (Clark, 1997, andClark &Artiles, 2000), it was considered that the need to further explore pre-service teachers' perceived use of instructional strategies in relation to students who have what is termed learning disabilities, is indeed critical. This study looked at the instructional strategies Australian pre-service teachers reported they would use for students with a learning disability compared to students without a learning disability. The findings show that pre-service teachers favour more direct teacher-centred instructional strategies for students with a learning disability and more learner-centred instructional strategies for students without a learning disability. The greatest discrepancy in strategy use between the two groups of students was the higher cognitive level instructional strategies within a learner-centred environment. Pre-service teachers would use these strategies more frequently with students who do not have a learning disability. Implications for future practice and recommendations for future research are presented.

Description d’un processus de théorisation portant sur les conditions de réussite d’une expérience d’inclusion vécue par des élèves en troubles d’apprentissage : pratiques éducatives, attitudes parentales et éléments contextuels

“…D'ailleurs, les attitudes des enseignants, leurs compétences professionnelles, leurs pratiques d'intervention, leur niveau de formation ou encore les ressources mises à leur disposition constitueraient des facteurs importants de réussite de l'inclusion des élèves en difficultés (Almog, 2008;Bélanger, 2006;Ben-Yehuda, Leyser, & Last, 2010;Memisevic & Hodzic, 2011;Raviv, 2010;Woodcock & Vialle, 2010).…”