Religion and attitudes of college preservice teachers toward students with disabilities: implications for higher education

Leyser, Yona; Romi, Shlomo

doi:10.1007/s10734-007-9084-2

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“…A special education survey course does indeed improve candidates' knowledge and attitudes about adapting their teaching for students with disabilities. This study supports the findings of other research conducted throughout the world (Forlin, et al, 2009;Leyser & Romi, 2008;Forlin, et al, 2003;and, Shade & Stewart, 2001).…”

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“…The inclusion of students with disabilities is now a world-wide practice (Leyser & Romi, 2008;Brownlee & Carrington, 2000;Hegarty, 1998;and, Sebba & Ainscow, 1996). "Teachers set the tone of classrooms, and as such, the success of inclusion may well depend upon the prevailing attitudes of teachers as they interact with students with disabilities in their classrooms" (Carroll, Forlin & Jobling, 2003, p. 65).…”

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Impacting Pre-service Teachers’ Attitudes toward Inclusion

Taylor

Ringlaben

2012

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Despite federal mandates to educate students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment, teachers continue to have mixed feelings about their own preparedness to educate students with disabilities in the general education setting. However, research has documented that teachers with more positive attitudes toward inclusion are more likely to adjust their instruction and curriculum to meet individual needs of students and have a more positive approach to inclusion. With inclusion becoming the norm in today's schools, teacher educators are now faced with the challenge of making significant changes to educational programs in preparing pre-service teachers to be ready to meet the needs of all students. These programmatic changes mirror the continuous melding transformations in progress now in traditional general education and special education programs. However, there is limited information about how these new teacher educator programs influence pre-service teachers' confidence or attitudes toward inclusive education as future teachers. To investigate this influence of teacher preparation programs on pre-service teachers' attitudes toward inclusion, a survey method was used to collect data from pre-service teachers in one teacher-preparation program. The responses from pre-service teachers were analyzed indicating that pre-service teachers from this particular teacher preparation program in which general education curricula were infused with special education curricula in special education survey courses had improved positive attitudes and confidence toward inclusion. The implications of this study for practice and future research are discussed.

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Impacting Pre-service Teachers’ Attitudes toward Inclusion

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Ringlaben

2012

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“…Many studies investigating attitudes toward individuals with disabilities frequently consolidate all disabilities into one homogeneous group and fail to address differences in attitudes toward specific groups with disabilities (Bean & Hedgpeth, 2014;Bogart, Logan, Hospodar & Woekel, 2019;Culp et al, 2017;Hergenrather & Rhodes, 2007;Leyser & Romi, 2008;Palmer et al, 2000;Polo Saánchez, Fernaández-Jimeánez & Fernaández-Cabezas, 2018;Seo & Chen, 2009;Suthakaran et al, 2011;Wagner & Stewart, 2001). However, research has indicated that most individuals exhibit hierarchical preferences for specific groups of individuals with disabilities.…”

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“…Research on attitudes toward disabilities specifically among students in college settings can be traced back to the 1960s (Freed, 1964). While research on attitudes toward disabilities among students in college settings has been documented in the literature (e.g., Culp, Rojas-Guyler, Vidourek & King, 2017;Leyser & Romi, 2008;Palmer, Redinius & Tervo, 2000;Seo & Chen, 2009;Wagner & Stewart, 2001), a majority of the extant studies display two critical methodological limitations: (a) problems in contextualizing attitude measurement and (b) treating all disability categories as a homogeneous group. These issues may potentially bias findings and the interpretations of the results.…”

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Attitudes toward disabilities among students in college settings: A multidimensional scaling analysis with biplot

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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

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We investigated attitudes toward 10 specific groups of individuals with disabilities among students in college settings. These groups comprised major depression, substance use disorder (SUD), anxiety disorder, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), cerebral palsy, hearing impairment, learning disability, visual impairment, spinal cord injury, and cancer survivor. The multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis revealed a two-dimension space representing participants’ attitudes toward those disabilities. The MDS biplot further indicated higher levels of perceived dangerousness from the groups with SUD, major depression, anxiety disorder, and ASD. The hierarchical cluster analysis revealed that cluster A (SUD and major depression) was rated as having the highest level of social distance (i.e., negative attitudes). The implications for research and practice in rehabilitation counseling were discussed.

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“…As, for example, Leyser and romi (2008) have shown in a study of teacher trainees from different national/religious groups within the Israeli system of higher education, there is substantial within-system variation on a wide range of institutional and/or cultural characteristics that can yield important comparative insights. A particular effort will be made to identify research that, while conducted in one national setting, is theoretically developed and configured in such a way as to lend itself well to further and internationally comparative studies.…”

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Keyword: International Research on Higher Education

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together with overall research on higher education, comparative and international studies of higher education have expanded considerably over the past decade in different parts of the world. while truly comparative research is still rather rare, it is beginning to yield important theoretical insights into such issues as the institutionalization of higher education, governance, access, curricula, and quality assessment. In addition, a growing body of more descriptive work on higher education, together with new and expanding data sources, provides an increasingly rich basis for further comparative work along different methodological lines. the gap between theoretically inspired and policy-triggered research on higher education is still considerable, but some initial bridges are being built.Keywords: comparative Studies · higher education · higher education research · International research · Overview · State of the Art · universities Stichwort: Internationale Hochschulforschung. Forschung zwischen Politik und Wissenschaft Zusammenfassung: Die hochschulforschung insgesamt -und damit auch die vergleichende und internationale untersuchung von hochschulen -hat im vergangenen Jahrzehnt in vielen teilen der welt erhebliche Fortschritte gemacht. Obwohl vergleichende Forschung im engeren Sinne nach wie vor selten ist, trägt sie zunehmend zur Gewinnung wichtiger theoretischer einsichten in die Institutionalisierung von hochschulen, in Strukturen und Steuerung, in den Zugang zur hochschulbildung, in universitäre Lehrpläne und die Messung von Qualität bei. Darüber hinaus schaffen eine ständig zunehmende deskriptive Literatur sowie neue und expandierende Datensätze eine immer reichhaltigere Basis für weitere vergleichende Arbeiten nach unterschiedlichen methodologischen Ansätzen. Die kluft zwischen theoretisch begründeter und von hochschulpolitischen erwägungen gesteuerter Forschung ist nach wie vor beträchtlich, doch lässt sich der Beginn eines Brückenbaus feststellen.Schlüsselwörter: hochschulen · hochschulforschung · universitäten · Vergleichende untersuchungen · Internationale Forschung · Überblick · Bestandsaufnahme Zfe (

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Religion and attitudes of college preservice teachers toward students with disabilities: implications for higher education

Cited by 22 publications

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Impacting Pre-service Teachers’ Attitudes toward Inclusion

Impacting Pre-service Teachers’ Attitudes toward Inclusion

Attitudes toward disabilities among students in college settings: A multidimensional scaling analysis with biplot

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