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ERIC ED303240: The Attitude of Primary School Staff toward the Inte... |
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Investigated were: (1) attitudes of school staff in |
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Western Australia toward the integration of children with |
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intellectual handicaps into regular classrooms; and (2) |
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relationships between staff attitudes and institutional |
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variables. School staff included regular classroom |
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teachers, special education teachers, teachers' |
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assistants, and principals. Institutional variables |
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included grade level, class size, years of teaching |
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experience, years of experience teaching special needs |
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children, perceived level of success in teaching special |
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needs children, and type of school. A three-part |
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questionnaire was completed by 317 staff members from 18 |
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regular state primary schools and attached educational |
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support centers. The questionnaire consisted of a 30-item |
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attitude scale, a question assessing agreement or |
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disagreement with the concept of integrating special |
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needs children into regular classrooms, and six questions |
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concerning respondents' school role and institutional |
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variables. Results of the attitude scale indicated that |
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the attitudes of school staff toward integration in |
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Western Australian primary schools were, in general, not |
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positive. Class size and perception of success were found |
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to have implications for the implementation of |
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integration programs and attitude change. (RH) |
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Date Published: 2014-11-25 17:53:46 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED303240 |
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Item Size: 20161492 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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