Elementary supervision and the supervisor: Teacher attitudes and inclusive education

Evidence has emerged which suggests that as a supervisor, the importance of knowing oneself, and knowing those that he or she is supervising, is vital to the success of the group. We argue that when conflicting values, attitudes, and beliefs are present amongst the members of the group over an is...

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Main Authors: Thomas G. Ryan, Jodi Gottfried
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kura Publishing 2012-06-01
Series:International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
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Online Access:https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/195/191
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description Evidence has emerged which suggests that as a supervisor, the importance of knowing oneself, and knowing those that he or she is supervising, is vital to the success of the group. We argue that when conflicting values, attitudes, and beliefs are present amongst the members of the group over an issue (inclusion), or over the behaviours of a member (non-inclusive), the entire group can break down. Therefore, to successfully implement a program, such as inclusion, knowing the attitudes of the staff is vital as a program such as this cannot be successful without positive support.
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Elementary supervision and the supervisor: Teacher attitudes and inclusive education
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
Supervision
Inclusion
Attitudes
Self-Knowledge
title Elementary supervision and the supervisor: Teacher attitudes and inclusive education
title_full Elementary supervision and the supervisor: Teacher attitudes and inclusive education
title_fullStr Elementary supervision and the supervisor: Teacher attitudes and inclusive education
title_full_unstemmed Elementary supervision and the supervisor: Teacher attitudes and inclusive education
title_short Elementary supervision and the supervisor: Teacher attitudes and inclusive education
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topic Supervision
Inclusion
Attitudes
Self-Knowledge
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