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Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion

Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the practice of co-teaching in inclusive classrooms, particularly in the context of special education and the role of paraprofessionals. It explores collaborative teaching strategies, student support, professional development, and inclusive education practices.

  • Co-Teaching
  • Inclusive Education
  • Special Education
  • Paraprofessionals
  • Collaborative Teaching
  • Teacher Assistants
  • Student Support
  • Professional Development
  • Educational Collaboration
  • Inclusion Practices
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion

Which countries lead Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion research?

By volume, the United States and Australia publish the most (1k and 154 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1k works
  2. 2 Australia 154 works
  3. 3 Germany 154 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 145 works
  5. 5 South Africa 143 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 136 works
  7. 7 Canada 119 works
  8. 8 China 116 works
  9. 9 Philippines 105 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 100 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 46.1%Australia: 7.1%Germany: 7.1%United Kingdom: 6.7%6 others listed: 33.1%46%largest
United States1,003 · 46.1%Australia154 · 7.1%Germany154 · 7.1%United Kingdom145 · 6.7%6 others listed720 · 33.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of South Africa publishes the most Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion research, followed by Monash University and University of Helsinki.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 30 works
  2. 2 Monash UniversityAustralia 17 works
  3. 3 University of HelsinkiFinland 16 works
  4. 4 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 14 works
  5. 5 Cebu Technological UniversityPhilippines 13 works
  6. 6 George Mason UniversityUnited States 12 works
  7. 7 University of JyväskyläFinland 12 works
  8. 8 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 12 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at CharlotteUnited States 12 works
  10. 10 Education University of Hong KongChina 11 works

What are the most cited papers in Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion?

The most cited paper in Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion is "Professional Development and Teacher Learning: Mapping the Terrain" (Hilda Borko, 2004), with 4,202 citations. Next come "Reconsidering research on teachers’ professional identity" (3,490) and "Constructing 21st-Century Teacher Education" (2,587).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Professional Development and Teacher Learning: Mapping the Terrain Hilda Borko · Educational Researcher Nov 2004 4,202
2 Reconsidering research on teachers’ professional identity Douwe Beijaard, Paulien C. Meijer, Nico Verloop · Teaching and Teacher Education Open access Feb 2004 3,490
3 Constructing 21st-Century Teacher Education Linda Darling‐Hammond · Journal of Teacher Education May 2006 2,587
4 Seven strong claims about successful school leadership Kenneth A. Leithwood, Alma Harris, David S. P. Hopkins · School Leadership and Management Open access Feb 2008 2,440
5 Understanding teacher identity: an overview of issues in the literature and implications for teacher education Catherine Beauchamp, Lynn L. Thomas · Cambridge Journal of Education 27 May 2009 2,384
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Where is Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion research done?

The largest centres of Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion research in 2022-now are Pretoria (South Africa), Melbourne (Australia), New York (United States) and Brisbane (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 PretoriaSouth Africa 45 works
  2. 2 MelbourneAustralia 40 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 32 works
  4. 4 BrisbaneAustralia 26 works
  5. 5 AnkaraTürkiye 24 works
  6. 6 SydneyAustralia 23 works
  7. 7 JohannesburgSouth Africa 23 works
  8. 8 HelsinkiFinland 21 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C.United States 18 works
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Where is the best place to study Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion?

Among universities, judged by research, Monash University, Education University of Hong Kong and University of South Africa score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Monash UniversityAustralia 72.823.8%6.1×18 -7.1%
2Education University of Hong KongChina 70.732.3%25.7×11 -4.5%
3University of South AfricaSouth Africa 62.98.7%23.4×30 +119.5%
4Dublin City UniversityIreland 59.720.6%17.5×9 +14.2%
5The University of MelbourneAustralia 57.432.3%2.6×8 +84.5%
6University of JyväskyläFinland 55.59.1%22.5×12 +31.5%
7University of Eastern FinlandFinland 52.09.8%14.7×10 +147.4%
8East China Normal UniversityChina 51.322.1%6.3×9 +121.9%
9University of HelsinkiFinland 49.18.9%7.8×16 -30.0%
10Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 49.018.5%4.2×9 +49.2%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion, country by country

Is Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion10.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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