6 Dec 2017

Teachers unprepared for inclusive disability education

From Nine To Noon, 9:08 am on 6 December 2017

A leading education academic says teacher trainees are unprepared to offer true inclusive education. Dr Gill Rutherford, Senior Lecturer in Education and Disability Studies at the University of Otago's College of Education tells Lynn Freeman the standard of teacher training in New Zealand is inadequate, and the right to inclusive education must be enshrined in law.