Attitudes of Non-Disabled Students Towards Their Peers With Disabilities in an Inclusive Setting in Ghana

Abstract

<p>This study measured the attitudes of non-disabled students towards their peers with disabilities. A cross-sectional survey was employed for the study. The Chedoke-McMaster Attitudes Towards Children with “Handicaps” (CATCH) scale was used to collect data from n=119 respondents. Descriptive statistics analysis was employed in analysing the data. Results indicated that students without disabilities generally held neutral attitudes towards their peers with disabilities (M=2.12; SD=0.687) with no significant difference in gender, age, having a close friend or relative with a disability. Teachers in inclusive education schools were encouraged to measure the attitudes of students towards their peers with disabilities and other related variables. This would enable them to plan, design, develop, implement and evaluate effective interventions that would change non-disabled students’ negative and/or neutral attitudes, thereby ensuring the full social participation of students with disabilities in inclusive settings. </p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0852/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Attitudes of typically developing students toward inclusive education in the Republic of Srpska

“…U literaturi pronalazimo brojne studije kojima su ispitivani stavovi učenika TR prema vršnjacima s ometenošću. Velika većina njih govori o pozitivnim ili neutralnim stavovima učenika (Alnahdi, 2019;Anku et al, 2021;de Boer et al, 2012;Georgiadi et al, 2012;Gonçalves & Lemos, 2014;Soulis et al, 2016). Takođe, uočeno je da učenici manje pozitivne stavove izražavaju prema vršnjacima koji imaju bihevioralne probleme ili intelektualnu ometenost, u odnosu na učenike s tjelesnom invalidnošću, kao i oštećenjem vida ili sluha (Barr & Bracchitta, 2015;Brown et al, 2011;de Laat et al, 2013;Hastings & Oakford, 2003;Nowicki, 2006).…”