scholarly journals Teaching Attitudes towards Students with Disabilities

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (14) ◽  
pp. 1637
Author(s):  
José Luis Gallego-Ortega ◽  
Antonio Rodríguez-Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Correlation Technique ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Attitudes ◽  
And Gender

(1) Background: Inclusive education has been a recurring topic during the last decades. However, not every teacher is equally enthusiastic about how to implement it. Understanding these discrepancies can help to identify improvement procedures. Therefore, even though teachers’ beliefs and attitudes around inclusion have been thoroughly explored, it is necessary to delve further on this type of study to understand possible changes derived from the socio-educational transformations experimented by current societies. (2) Methods: This study examined the attitudes of 122 teachers, both Primary and Special Needs ones, working in rural and urban schools, regarding inclusion of students with disabilities. The data were collected from two scales: Attitude Survey Inclusive Education–Teachers (ASIE-T) and Scale for Measuring Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions about Inclusion the Sentiments, Attitudes and Concerns about Inclusive Education Revised (SACIE-R). A quantitative approach was employed, of descriptive and correlational type. Descriptive and inferential analyses were performed by means of parametric tests. Furthermore, the bivariate correlation technique Person’s r was carried out in order to verify the intensity among variables. The effect sizes are provided as Cohen’s d. (3) Results: The results revealed positive beliefs concerning inclusion and the existence of differences among teachers, depending on their specialisation and gender. The variables “age” and “stage of education” were not significant in terms of generating in terms of attitude generation. (4) Conclusions: Understanding the association between socio-demographic variables and stigma is crucial when it comes to accomplishing an inclusive and high-quality education. The general findings of this study contribute to justify the implementation of programmes to stimulate and encourage meaningful interactions between general education teachers and students with disabilities.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Perceptions of Inclusion in a Pilot Inclusive Education Program: Implications for Instructional Leadership

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary Y. Mngo ◽  
Agnes Y. Mngo
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Integrated Classrooms

The opinions of general education secondary school teachers in seven select schools involved in a pilot inclusive education program in the Northwest Region of Cameroon were sought. The findings reveal that most teachers in Cameroon still prefer separate special education institutions to inclusive ones. These conclusions contradict earlier research which showed that resistance to integrated classrooms was emanating from beliefs and customs. Teachers with some training on teaching students with disabilities and more experienced and highly educated teachers were more supportive of inclusive education indicating that resistance to the practice is linked to inadequate or complete lack of teachers’ preparedness. Younger, less experienced teachers with no training in special education indicated less enthusiasm regarding the benefits of inclusion, their ability to manage integrated classrooms, and teach students with disabilities. The implication of these findings for future research, institutional support systems, institutional policies, and overall instructional leadership is discussed in this article.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Perceptions of Educational Administers’ Support for Inclusive Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Abdullah Ali Asiri
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Statistical Difference ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Administrator Support ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
District Administrators ◽  
Significant Difference

This paper investigates the perceptions of teachers in Saudi Arabia About educational administers’ support of inclusive education. The goal of this study is to provide a baseline of information for the ministry of education to enhance their professional development plan for administers and teachers to adopting inclusive education for the purpose of increasing the number of students with disabilities in general education settings. The results in this study were almost converged between agreement and disagree with slightly more respondents agreeing that administrator support of inclusive education was present. The inferential results indicated a statistically significant difference between respondent degree area and recognition of administrator support of inclusive education. Significant differences occurred for both school and district administrators. Also, another statistical difference was found between respondent teaching grade and their recognition of administers’ support of inclusive education.

scholarly journals Views of Inclusive Education From the Perspectives of Preservice and Mentor Teachers

Inclusion ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-202
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Kurth ◽  
Anjali Forber-Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
Mentor Teachers ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Barriers To Implementation

Abstract The trend of educating students with disabilities in inclusive general education settings is expanding. Consequently, teacher preparation for inclusive practices is a necessary consideration for teacher educators. An important component of shaping preservice teacher dispositions comes from school experiences and interactions with mentor teachers. It is through this relationship that preservice teachers formulate their own attitudes, beliefs, and skills about inclusive practices. This article reports the findings from a set of surveys containing both closed- and open-ended responses related to inclusive education from both preservice (student) and mentor teachers. Analysis of the open-ended responses revealed definitions of inclusive education focused on student deficits and barriers to implementation of inclusive practices that focused on deficits in the capacity of the environment. Implications for teacher preparation, including challenging deficit-based assumptions, are discussed.

Paraeducator Training Materials to Facilitate Inclusive Education: Initial Field-Test Data

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F. Giangreco ◽  
Linda Backus ◽  
Eileen Cichoskikelly ◽  
Priscilla Sherman ◽  
Yannis Mavropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Field Test ◽  
Challenging Behaviors ◽  
Initial Field ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Training Materials ◽  
Evaluation Feedback

This study presents initial field-test evaluation feedback on training materials designed to help prepare paraeducators to assist in the provision of special education in inclusive schools. Feedback was collected from 213 paraeducators who participated in the course, Paraeducator Entry-Level Training for Supporting Students with Disabilities, 105 who participated in the course, Supporting Students with Challenging Behaviors: A Paraeducator Curriculum, and the 23 instructors who taught a combined total of 20 sections of these courses in a variety of formats (e.g., face-to-face, interactive TV, intensive summer institute). Findings indicated that paraeducators gained new knowledge, perspectives, and skills that had direct application in their work. Both paraeducators and course instructors rated the materials favorably and provided feedback to improve them. Implications are offered for infusing paraeducator content into school-based staff development as well as training programs for prospective special and general education teachers.

scholarly journals Combining Tier 2 and Tier 3 Supports for Students with Disabilities in General Education Settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 331 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Sandra MacLeod ◽  
Leanne S. Hawken ◽  
Robert E. O'Neill ◽  
Kaitlin Bundock
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Tier 2 ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Tier 2 Interventions ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Tier 3

<p>Secondary level or Tier 2 interventions such as the Check-in Check-out (CICO) intervention effectively reduce problem behaviors of students who are non-responsive to school-wide interventions. However, some students will not be successful with Tier 2 interventions. This study investigated the effects of adding individualized function-based support for four students with disabilities who were not successful in general education settings while receiving only a secondary level intervention. Results indicated that the combination of secondary and individualized function-based interventions effectively decreased problem behavior for all participants. Teachers and students rated the interventions as acceptable and effective. Research and practice implications are discussed.</p>

Designing a Lesson in Primary School in Terms of Inclusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Я. Соловьев ◽  
Ya. Solov'ev ◽  
Л. Сысуева ◽  
L. Sysueva
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Educational Standard ◽  
The World ◽  
State Educational ◽  
The Russian Language

The article discusses the idea of integrating children with disabilities into traditional education classes. The main mechanisms for designing a lesson in an inclusive education are considered. Concrete methodological developments of inclusive lessons of mathematics, the Russian language, and the World-Around-Us lessons for pupils of first, second and third grades are given that meet the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Primary General Education for Students with Disabilities. Recommendations are given to teachers working with children who have a mental retardation.

scholarly journals Organizational and Content Aspects of Implementation of Inclusive Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Petrovna Polyakova ◽  
Svetlana Nikolaevna Silanteva ◽  
Valentina Ivanovna Trofimova
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Specialized Education ◽  
Methodological Principles

This article discusses the implementation of a model of inclusive education in general education organizations and the construction of an educational route for students with disabilities. It is through the substantive and organizational sections of the adapted basic general education programmes that special conditions are created and observed to ensure that children with special needs and disabilities have equal access to quality education in general education organizations, taking into account the peculiarities of their psychophysical development and the recommendations of psychological, medical and pedagogical commissions. The main aim of the study is to systematize and improve the professional competencies in supervisors and teachers – members of the working groups on the development of adapted basic general education programs of educational organizations. In order to achieve the aim of this study, the following analytical methods have been employed: retrospective analysis of scientific literature, content analysis of periodical press and proceedings of scientific conferences on the subject; as well as practical methods (including own experience of working in the fields of specialized education and advanced training). In addition, BE of FVE “Chuvash Republican Institute of Education of the Ministry of Education of Chuvashia” proposed a program of advanced training “Organizational and Substantive Aspects of Inclusive Education,” based on legal, theoretical and methodological principles. The results of the conducted study show that supervisors and teachers – members of the working groups – are gaining significant practical knowledge of developing adapted basic general education programmes. It can be concluded that the planned results of the program suggest elimination of professional deficiency concerning the organizational and substantive issues of constructing an educational route for children with disabilities in conditions of inclusive education, as well as development of adapted basic general education programs of an educational organization.

scholarly journals DEFICIENCIES IN PREPARATION OF BACHELOR DEFECTOLOGISTS FOR SUPPORT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-92
Author(s):  
O.L. Belyaeva ◽  
◽  
T.A. Shkerina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Senior Students

Statement of the problem. At the present stage of educational development, new requirements are laid for the professional activity of a defectologist teacher. One of the priority requirements is the readiness and ability of specialists of this profile to carry out defectological support for students with disabilities/ disorders, in the conditions of organizations implementing exclusively adapted basic general education programs, as well as in general education schools. The qualification request of employers for the content of master’s training in the field of correctional activities should be confirmed by a request for relevant professional competencies from already employed specialists and bachelor alumni in the field of 44.03.03 Special (defectological) education. The purpose of the article is identification of deficiencies of vocational training among bachelor speech pathologists for determination of the structure of professional competences for master students in the field of 44.04.03 Special (defectological) education, necessary for work in the sphere of special and inclusive education. Methodology (materials and methods). Analysis of Russian and foreign studies on the training of specialists in the field of special (defectological) education, regulatory documents in the field of education, a survey of senior students in the field of 44.03.03 Special (defectological) education, a survey of employed speech teachers and defectologists; analysis and synthesis of the authors’ experience in training defectologists of the corresponding profile. Research results. The article presents the results of a survey of speech teachers and defectologists, senior students in the field of 44.03.03 Special (defectological) education in order to identify deficits in the professional training of bachelor defectologists. Taking into account the identified deficits and the qualification request of employers for the preparation of master’s degree students, who are able to carry out corrective work with students of different nosological groups, as well as with severe multiple developmental disorders, a master’s program entitled Technologies for corrective work of a defectologist teacher with children with hearing, vision, and intelligence disorders has been developed and implemented. Conclusions. As a result of the study, deficits in the training of future defectologists were identified, consisting in a lack of competence related to the ability to carry out interdisciplinary and inter-institutional interaction to accompany students with disabilities and their parents. On the basis of the results of the survey, the composition of professional competencies was approved for the master’s program in the field of 44.04.03 Special (defectological) education.

scholarly journals Increasing Inclusive Education Through a Learning Center Model: A California Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Aja McKee ◽  
Audri Sandoval Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Deep Structure ◽  
Least Restrictive Environment ◽  
Learning Center ◽  
Educational Programming ◽  
Federal Mandate ◽  
Restrictive Environment

Learning center models offer students with disabilities learning experiences in general education classrooms, while retaining support and services from special education personnel. The learning center approach examines existing educational perspectives, practices and structures, surrounding access to general education for students with disabilities. This study used a document analysis, a qualitative data method, to examine how two California school districts developed a learning center model to transform special education programming from segregated special education classrooms and practices to placement and access to general education. The findings inform educational programming for students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment, to comply with the American federal mandate. Findings suggest that the deep structure of educational practices complicated the ease of a change in practices for both general and special educators. However, the community approach of the learning center model, where all teachers assume the educational responsibilities for all students, forced these educators to be flexible, reexamine structures and practices, and challenge the ethos of traditional schooling. 

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