Teacher Training as a Mediator of Change Towards Inclusive Education in Costa Rica

Abstract

Currently, schools are not born inclusive, and teachers report feeling that this approach is alien to their practical possibilities, so they constantly ask for training on the subject. However, this training is hardly transferred to the school. This chapter has therefore set out to analyse how training bodies in Costa Rica are doing, and how much of this effort is permeating the educational culture. The methodologies applied were studied, as well as the background of good practices, with the final intention of guiding more effective training to make inclusion a sine qua non condition of being a school.

Citation

Rodríguez, L.M., Vega, R.D. and Castillo, M.S. (2024), "Teacher Training as a Mediator of Change Towards Inclusive Education in Costa Rica", Romero-Contreras, S., Garcìa-Cedillo, I. and Moreno-Medrano, L.M. (Ed.) Intercultural and Inclusive Education in Latin America (International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, Vol. 24), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 97-112. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-363620240000024007