ERIC Number: EJ1395356
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-3116
EISSN: EISSN-1464-5173
Learning about Students in Co-Teaching Teams
International Journal of Inclusive Education, v27 n7 p803-818 2023
Teachers are facing increasingly diverse classrooms globally. To support all students efficiently, teachers need to know their students. Drawing from the literature of teacher learning and inclusive education, we explored how teachers learn to know their students in a co-teaching context. Analysis of interviews and diaries of five co-teaching teams showed that teachers learned about their students in a co-taught classroom by observing students and by obtaining knowledge from and co-constructing knowledge with their co-teaching partner. Moreover, teachers' learning led to shared responsibility for the student and a better understanding of student diversity. Thus, sharing knowledge of students can lighten teachers' workload in inclusive settings and benefit both teachers and students.
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Inclusion, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Diversity, Knowledge Level, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Students, Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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