Mrs. Lawrence is a third grade teacher who is having trouble finding time to work collaboratively with her co-teacher as she is not available before or after school due to her own family obligations. This is an example of a(n) _________.
A) pragmatic barrier
B) conceptual barrier
C) attitudinal barrier
D) professional barrier

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A pragmatic barrier is a practical obstacle, such as a lack of time, resources or availability, that hinders collaboration. In this situation, the co-teacher's family obligations are preventing her from being available to collaborate with Mrs. Lawrence before or after school, thus creating a pragmatic barrier. The other answer choices, conceptual, attitudinal and professional barriers, do not accurately describe the obstacle in this scenario.

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