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Is The Teaching Profession so Black & White?
INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS
Classroom Experience
Training providers unknowingly place barriers, they have been identified as:
- Lack of publicity
- Offering support at times when candidates were unable to make use of it
- Offering support or classes which do not meet the needs of candidates
- Using methods of delivery or teaching which were inappropriate
- Physical barriers, such as lack of access for wheelchair users
- Complicated procedures for joining the course on offer
- Lack of awareness about equal opportunites
- Making a charge which people on low incomes cannot afford
- Poor location - at the back of a large building or away from public transport
- Poor or inappropriate resources
- Staff who are not trained
- Lack of facilities i.e. Refreshment, toilets..
These can or cannot be overcome based upon policies and/or lack of funding to impliment changes.
- Lack of publicity
- Offering support at times when candidates were unable to make use of it
- Offering support or classes which do not meet the needs of candidates
- Using methods of delivery or teaching which were inappropriate
- Physical barriers, such as lack of access for wheelchair users
- Complicated procedures for joining the course on offer
- Lack of awareness about equal opportunites
- Making a charge which people on low incomes cannot afford
- Poor location - at the back of a large building or away from public transport
- Poor or inappropriate resources
- Staff who are not trained
- Lack of facilities i.e. Refreshment, toilets..
These can or cannot be overcome based upon policies and/or lack of funding to impliment changes.
Source: © Barrier to Learning - NGW UCE (1998)
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