The role of the tutor in the inclusive teacher internship: a competence-based curriculum


Abstract:

The paper illustrates the curriculum design aimed at training tutors for students on the Specialisation Course for Support Activities (CdS). The CUAP Expert in Inclusive Practices in Educational Contexts was developed by the University of Turin to respond to the need to train new tutors, which had become urgent following an increase in the number of places available in the CdS. The organisation of the CUAP provided the opportunity to take advantage of the competences acquired in the previous editions of the CdS and to propose a competence-based course, designed on the basis of the competences expected of an expert tutor and divided into five interdependent areas of competence: professional, communicator, leader and collaborator, researcher and trainer, activist and promoter. The article shows how the critical incident technique helps professionals to reflect on their own practices and identify mobilised or required competences.