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Managing the Barriers in Diversity Education that We Create

An Examination of the Production of University Courses about Diversity

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Disability Studies

Part of the book series: Innovations and Controversies ((ICIE))

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It is important to provide beginning teachers with the skills they need to support students with diverse needs in the classroom. These skills are especially needed to support students with autism. Without the tools needed, beginning teachers go into schools where the teachers may or may not have the requisite skills needed either.

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  1. School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia

    Barbara Garrick

  2. School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia

    Satine Winter

  3. School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia

    Mahbuba Sani

  4. School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia

    Lynn Buxton

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  1. The Victoria Institute, Victoria University, Australia

    Tim Corcoran

  2. The Victoria Institute, Victoria University, Australia

    Julie White

  3. Deakin University, Australia

    Ben Whitburn

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Garrick, B., Winter, S., Sani, M., Buxton, L. (2015). Managing the Barriers in Diversity Education that We Create. In: Corcoran, T., White, J., Whitburn, B. (eds) Disability Studies. Innovations and Controversies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-199-1_8

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