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Teacher beliefs about grade repetition: an exploratory South African study (2018)
Journal Article
Walton, E. (2018). Teacher beliefs about grade repetition: an exploratory South African study. Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 13(1), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1386/ctl.13.1.45_1

Inclusive education is described as an ‘apprenticeship in democracy’ as it is concerned with the identification and dismantling of exclusionary practices in schools. One such practice is grade repetition, which is known to result in school disaffecti... Read More about Teacher beliefs about grade repetition: an exploratory South African study.

Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course (2017)
Journal Article
Walton, E. (2018). Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 22(8), 856-869. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2017.1412512

Many universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in inclusive education. There has been much research into the impact of these courses, but little is written about their design. This article focuses on a master’s course in inclusive edu... Read More about Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course.

Inclusive education: A tame solution to a wicked problem? (2017)
Book Chapter
Walton, E. (2017). Inclusive education: A tame solution to a wicked problem?. In N. Phasha, D. Mahlo, & G. J. Sefa Dei (Eds.), Inclusive Education in African contexts: A critical reader (85-100). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Springer Publishing Company

Inclusive education in initial teacher education in South Africa: practical or professional knowledge? (2017)
Journal Article
Walton, E. (2017). Inclusive education in initial teacher education in South Africa: practical or professional knowledge?. Journal of Education, 67,

Inclusive education is embedded in South African policy with the expectation that teacher education will equip pre-service teachers to teach inclusively. As a result, courses in inclusive education are offered in most Initial Teacher Education (ITE)... Read More about Inclusive education in initial teacher education in South Africa: practical or professional knowledge?.

Choices in the Design of Inclusive Education Courses for Pre-service Teachers: The Case of a South African University (2016)
Journal Article
Walton, E., & Rusznyak, L. (2017). Choices in the Design of Inclusive Education Courses for Pre-service Teachers: The Case of a South African University. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 64(3), 231-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912x.2016.1195489

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. It is expected that that pre-service teachers are adequately equipped to meet the needs of diverse students. This article discusses the choices that teacher educators must make in design... Read More about Choices in the Design of Inclusive Education Courses for Pre-service Teachers: The Case of a South African University.

Approaches to assessing pre- service teachers’ learning in authentic and rigorous ways: The case of an inclusive education module (2016)
Journal Article
Walton, E., & Rusznyak, L. (2016). Approaches to assessing pre- service teachers’ learning in authentic and rigorous ways: The case of an inclusive education module. 00 Journal not listed, 34(1), 84-101. https://doi.org/10.18820/2519593X/pie.v34i1.7

Initial teacher education programmes offer inclusive education modules that seek to prepare teachers for teaching diverse learners. While there is growing research on the content and pedagogy of inclusive education modules, relatively less attention... Read More about Approaches to assessing pre- service teachers’ learning in authentic and rigorous ways: The case of an inclusive education module.

The language of inclusive education (2015)
Book
Walton, E. (2015). The language of inclusive education. Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge

The Language of Inclusive Education is an insightful text which considers the writing, speaking, reading and hearing of inclusive education. Based on the premise that humans use language to construct their worlds and their realities, this book is con... Read More about The language of inclusive education.

‘You can train us until we are blue in our faces, we are still going to struggle’: Teacher professional learning in a full-service school (2014)
Journal Article
Walton, E., Nel, N. M., Muller, H., & Lebeloane, O. (2014). ‘You can train us until we are blue in our faces, we are still going to struggle’: Teacher professional learning in a full-service school. Education as Change, 18(2), 319-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/16823206.2014.926827

Teacher educators internationally are concerned with how best to prepare and equip teachers to be pedagogically responsive to an increasingly diverse learner population. This concern is echoed in South Africa as inclusive education is entrenched in t... Read More about ‘You can train us until we are blue in our faces, we are still going to struggle’: Teacher professional learning in a full-service school.