Exploring teachers’ agency in inclusive education: Secondary education teachers navigating their projects in responding to the diversity in students’ sociocultural backgrounds

Nika Hendriksen; Albert Logtenberg; Hanna Westbroek; Fred Janssen

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2024.104731

Exploring teachers’ agency in inclusive education: Secondary education teachers navigating their projects in responding to the diversity in students’ sociocultural backgrounds

Nika Hendriksen^*, Albert Logtenberg, Hanna Westbroek, Fred Janssen

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This study examined educational projects that Dutch secondary teachers consider to be inclusive and their agency in implementing them. Using Banks' (1993) Multicultural Education (ME) model, we analyzed inclusive projects that twelve expert teachers mentioned having developed and used Personal Project Analysis (Little, 1983) to capture teachers' accompanied agency. Inclusive projects were considered meaningful, but poorly manageable and connected with daily teaching practice. A high degree of agency hinged on the ability to connect with existing curriculum and a management that supports teachers' inclusive initiatives. This paper refines ME's dimensions and uncovers misconceptions hindering teachers' agency in inclusive practices.

Original language	English
Article number	104731
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Number of pages	11
Journal	Teaching and Teacher Education
Volume	149
Early online date	3 Aug 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104731
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 3 Aug 2024

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Inclusive education
Inclusive education practices
Multicultural education
Personal project analysis
Teacher agency

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Hendriksen, N., Logtenberg, A., Westbroek, H., & Janssen, F. (2024). Exploring teachers’ agency in inclusive education: Secondary education teachers navigating their projects in responding to the diversity in students’ sociocultural backgrounds. Teaching and Teacher Education, 149, 1-11. Article 104731. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104731

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Exploring teachers’ agency in inclusive education: Secondary education teachers navigating their projects in responding to the diversity in students’ sociocultural backgrounds. / Hendriksen, Nika; Logtenberg, Albert; Westbroek, Hanna et al.
In: Teaching and Teacher Education, Vol. 149, 104731, 10.2024, p. 1-11.

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