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Handbook of Research on Practices for Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
The government body in Ireland responsible for education from early years to higher and further education.
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Embedding Diversification Practice in Irish Teacher Education Supporting Irish Traveller Student Access and Engagement in ITE
Miriam Colum (Marino Institute of Education, Ireland) and Aimie Brennan (Marino Institute of Education, Ireland)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9628-9.ch009
Abstract
This chapter presents a case study of the TOBAR programme, an initiative aimed at diversifying initial teacher education in Ireland. The programme, developed in 2017, is a response to Ireland's National Access Plan (2015-2019) and a growing awareness for the need to diversify the teaching profession in Ireland and is funded by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). The data gives voice to traveller students who participated in the TOBAR programme and will provide unique insights that balance the majoritarian narrative on access and inclusion. Drawing on a series of semi-structured interviews with three students on the TOBAR programme, the authors report that while the programme is having a positive impact on accessing higher education, challenges at student level and at HEI level still exist.
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