ERIC Number: EJ1095512
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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Preservice Teachers' Attitudes toward Inclusion and toward Students with Special Educational Needs from Different Ethnic Backgrounds
Markova, Maria; Pit-Ten Cate, Ineke; Krolak-Schwerdt, Sabine; Glock, Sabine
Journal of Experimental Education, v84 n3 p554-578 2016
Drawing on social cognition frameworks, we experimentally examined preservice teachers' implicit attitudes toward students with special educational needs (SEN) from different ethnic backgrounds and preservice teachers' explicit attitudes toward inclusive education. Preservice teachers (N = 46) completed an evaluative priming task and questionnaires. Results showed indifferent implicit attitudes toward students with SEN with immigrant backgrounds and positive implicit attitudes toward those without immigrant backgrounds. Furthermore, participants reported a high motivation to act without prejudice toward minorities but held less favorable explicit attitudes toward inclusion of students with SEN, especially students with behavioral problems. Differential patterns of implicit and explicit evaluations could bias teachers' interactions with students. Findings are discussed with respect to implications for educational practice and research.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusion, Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Ethnicity, Racial Differences, Student Characteristics, Priming, Task Analysis, Questionnaires, Immigrants, Minority Group Students, Behavior Problems, Social Bias, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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