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Attitudes of Elementary-Level and Secondary-Level Teachers toward Students with Disabilities//İlköğretim ve Ortaöğretimde Görev Yapan Öğretmenlerin Engelli Öğrencilere Karşı Tutumları

Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1 31 Mart 2017
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Attitudes of Elementary-Level and Secondary-Level Teachers toward Students with Disabilities//İlköğretim ve Ortaöğretimde Görev Yapan Öğretmenlerin Engelli Öğrencilere Karşı Tutumları

Abstract

Many studies focused on teachers’ attitudes toward the concept of inclusion, there are not many studies specifically focused on teachers’ attitudes towards students with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes of general education teachers toward their students with disabilities and how well teachers’ attitudes can be predicted by their personal attributes and professional characteristics. Total of 84 teachers were surveyed from both elementary-level and secondary-level schools in the southeastern United States. In terms of the results of the study, teachers’ attitudes toward students with disabilities were mostly positive. Multiple linear regression method did not yield statistically significant results which means that gender, age, years of experience, grade level taught, extent of contact with individuals with disabilities, whether or not teachers have received any training about teaching students with disabilities, and teachers’ perceptions toward their own level of expertise were not good predictors of the attitudes toward students with disabilities. The age variable was statistically significant predictor of attitudes when considered by itself.

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Alan Eğitimleri (Diğer)

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Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Marie Kraska

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Mart 2017

Gönderilme Tarihi

17 Mayıs 2016

Kabul Tarihi

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Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2017 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Çelik, B., & Kraska, M. (2017). Attitudes of Elementary-Level and Secondary-Level Teachers toward Students with Disabilities//İlköğretim ve Ortaöğretimde Görev Yapan Öğretmenlerin Engelli Öğrencilere Karşı Tutumları. e-Uluslararası Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 8(1), 1-13. https://izlik.org/JA92DA27UC

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