ERIC Number: ED619759
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr-22
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-
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Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs of Inclusion in Curacao
Sencibaugh, Joseph; Sencibaugh, Angela; Bond, Jennifer
Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Diego, CA, Apr 22, 2022)
The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes and beliefs of general and special education teachers towards the inclusion of students with special education needs. The study investigated the correlation between both groups of teachers' attitudes. A total of 83 teachers from the public-school system on the island of Curacao participated in the study. The questionnaire, "My Thinking about Inclusion Scale," was used (Stoiber, K. C., M. Gettinger, and D. Goetz. 1998). The 28-item MTAI Total Scale had an internal consistency of 0.94 and was comprised of three belief subscales: Core Perspective, Expected Outcomes and Classroom Practices. The results revealed that general education and special education teachers both held similar views of inclusion, which were positive. Both groups believed the implementation of inclusive service delivery models would likely succeed if properly vetted with support from stakeholders even though programmatic changes would be challenging due to an entrenched system of educating students with special education needs in separate schools.
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Curacao
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