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From Teacher Aides to Teaching Assistants: how Plowden promoted parental participation in our primary schools

2007; Lawrence and Wishart; Volume: 49; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2304/forum.2007.49.1.107

0963-8253

MIKE AYLEN,

Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion

The author describes the changes which classroom assistants have seen over the past 40 years in terms of their job title and role.He argues that the Plowden Report's recommendations for greater responsibilities, better training opportunities and an increase in the number of teaching assistants in schools are at last being implemented.