Preparing trainee teachers to negotiate the tension between disciplinary excellence and inclusion
Issue 92 | Page 7 | Published Nov 2022
Description
Jane Essex’s article looks at the tensions that trainee teachers can face when being asked to promote a rigorous science education based on excellence that may be at odds with an inclusionary practice. She details her work with trainees and outlines how she has helped them to consider that these aspects are not mutually exclusive and that there are ways to ‘bridge the (apparent) gap’.