Student Teachers Perceptions of their Competence to meet the needs of pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder in mainstream Primary Schools

Special Education and Inclusion, Shared Island / Scotens Research Initiative, Teacher Education
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Objectives:

  • To ascertain how competent BEd primary students in their respective institutions perceive themselves to be in identifying the characteristics of ASD through the teaching element of the BEd course
  • To establish how well prepared BEd primary students feel they are in addressing the needs of pupils with ASD through the teaching element of the BEd course.
  • To ascertain how much BEd primary student competence in the field of ASD is enhanced as a result of their time spent on school experience.
  • To investigate how BEd primary students could be helped to develop their teaching in the area of ASD whilst on school experience
  • To examine data gathered from the BEd primary students so as to establish whether there are observable differences between students in the two jurisdictions in order to make comparison.