In-service teachers’ attitudes, concerns, efficacy and intentions to teach in inclusive classrooms: an international comparison of Australian and Italian teachers
| Autor: | Erika Marie Pace, Penny Round, Pearl Subban, Paola Aiello, Umesh Sharma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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030506 rehabilitation inclusive education Attitudes intentions Australia Italy cross-country comparisons education 05 social sciences 050301 education behavioral disciplines and activities Health Professions (miscellaneous) Education 03 medical and health sciences Pedagogy Developmental and Educational Psychology 0305 other medical science Psychology 0503 education Inclusion (education) Lower degree |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Special Needs Education. 33:437-446 |
| ISSN: | 1469-591X 0885-6257 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08856257.2017.1361139 |
| Popis: | The paper examined whether in-service teachers from Australia to Italy differ in terms of their attitudes, concerns, efficacy beliefs and intentions to include learners with disabilities in their classrooms. An attempt was also made to determine predictors of the participants’ intentions to include learners with disabilities in their classrooms. Participants for the study consisted of 153 Australian and 156 Italian in-service teachers. Results revealed that Italian teachers had significantly more positive attitudes, lower degree of concerns and higher level of intentions to implement inclusion in their classrooms. In both countries, attitudes and efficacy emerged as significant predictors of participants’ intentions to include learners with disabilities in regular classrooms. Reasons that could explain differences in the teachers’ beliefs from the two countries are explained using historical-cultural and legal frameworks prevalent in Australia and Italy. Implications of the findings for policy-mak... |
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