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Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes towards Inclusion and Their Relationships to Personality Traits and Learning Opportunities
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Bohndick, Carla; Ehrhardt-Madapathi, Natalie; Weis, Susanne; Lischetzke, Tanja; Schmitt, Manfred – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2022
This study examined pre-service teachers' attitudes towards inclusion, posing research questions regarding the (1) relationship between attitudes and personality and (2) between attitudes and the uptake of learning opportunities, and (3) moderating effects of the uptake of learning opportunities on the relationship between attitudes and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Inclusion, Personality Traits
Knowledge, Awareness of Problems, and Support: University Instructors' Perspectives on Dyslexia in Higher Education
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Schabmann, Alfred; Eichert, Hans-Christoph; Schmidt, Barbara Maria; Hennes, Ann-Kathrin; Ramacher-Faasen, Nicole – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2020
The present study examines the perspectives of 234 university instructors (UI) about (1) problems they see for students with dyslexia (StD), (2) the support they would need in order to be able to teach StD, and (3) the help they currently provide StD. In addition, information on instructors' dyslexia-related knowledge was collected. The results…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Dyslexia, Students with Disabilities
How to Measure Teachers' Attitudes towards Inclusion: Evaluation and Validation of the Differentiated Attitudes towards Inclusion Scale (DATIS)
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Lübke, Laura; Pinquart, Martin; Schwinger, Malte – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2019
The aim of the three different studies presented was the development and evaluation of the Differentiated Attitudes Towards Inclusion Scale as a valid, reliable and economic instrument for the measurement of teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of students with certain special educational needs (SEN). In a sample of student teachers,…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Learning Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Inclusive Vocational Schools in Canada and Germany. A Comparison of Vocational Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes, Self-Efficacy and Experiences towards Inclusive Education
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Miesera, Susanne; Gebhardt, Markus – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2018
Both Canada's and Germany's school systems are transitioning into inclusive education systems. This transition is also happening in vocational schools. This paper addresses the new demands that vocational teachers face, due to the introduction of inclusive education in Germany and Canada, by examining Canadian and German pre-service vocational…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Vocational Education, Special Needs Students, Cross Cultural Studies
Implicitly Measuring Attitudes towards Inclusive Education: A New Attitude Test Based on Single-Target Implicit Associations
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Lüke, Timo; Grosche, Michael – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2018
Recent research on attitudes towards inclusion uses almost exclusively explicit measures such as questionnaires. Unfortunately, explicit attitude measures are biased by social desirability, particularly when the attitude object is 'sensible', as with inclusive education. Implicit attitude measures are less prone to social desirability, but…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Inclusion, Foreign Countries, Social Desirability
How to Cope with Stress in Special Needs Education? Stress-Inducing Dysfunctional Cognitions of Teacher Students: The Perspective of Professionalisation
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Kiel, Ewald; Heimlich, Ulrich; Markowetz, Reinhard; Braun, Annika; Weiß, Sabine – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016
The goal of the present study is to identify prospective special education teachers (SETs) who may have difficulties in coping with occupational stresses and burdens. International comparative studies show that SETs have a higher level of stress than their colleagues who work in the general school system. Compared with teachers in regular schools,…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Coping, Stress Management
Teacher Attitudes towards Inclusive Education in Finland and Brandenburg, Germany and the Issue of Extra Work
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Saloviita, Timo; Schaffus, Tina – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016
Positive teacher attitudes are considered an important prerequisite for the successful inclusion of students with special educational needs in the mainstream classrooms. This study surveyed teacher opinions about inclusion in Finland (N = 298) and Brandenburg, Germany (N = 163), two educational systems in which the number of students transferred…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion, Special Needs Students, Teacher Surveys