ERIC Number: EJ1237521
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Nov
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ISSN: ISSN-0268-2141
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Explaining Classroom Teachers' Attitudes towards Inclusive Education
Saloviita, Timo
Support for Learning, v34 n4 p433-442 Nov 2019
Teacher attitudes have been identified as an important resource when striving towards inclusive education as defined in the Salamanca Statement (1994). This study surveyed some key factors associated with teacher attitudes towards inclusion. The participants were 1,456 classroom teachers in Finnish primary schools who were asked about their readiness to include in their classrooms a student with a specified special educational need (SEN). The results were reviewed in association with some background variables, including workload concerns, evaluation of professional skills and the opportunity to get extra support if needed. The results show that classroom teachers' positive attitudes towards inclusion were associated with their feeling that special classes represent an inappropriate placement for students with SEN, their belief in their ability to get outside support, their reliance on their own professional skills and their lower expectations regarding additional workload.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Teachers, Special Needs Students, Foreign Countries, Faculty Workload, Teaching Skills, Positive Attitudes, Correlation, Student Placement, Special Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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