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Attitudes and Concerns of Pre-Service Teachers regarding Inclusion of Students with Disabilities into Regular Schools in Pune, India
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Sharma, Umesh; Moore, Dennis; Sonawane, Sanjeev – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
Attitudes and concerns of pre-service teachers regarding implementation of inclusive education were examined. The participants consisted of 480 pre-service teachers enrolled in a one year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) program at Pune University, in the state of Maharashtra. The results of the study showed that participants had somewhat negative…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Negative Attitudes, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Predicting Dispositions toward Inclusion of Students with Disabilities: The Role of Conservative Ideology and Discomfort with Disability
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Brandes, Joyce A.; Crowson, H. Michael – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2009
Within the published empirical record, a limited number of investigations exist that study the association between socio-political ideologies of preservice teachers and their attitudes toward disability-related matters within schools. To the extent that individual socio-political ideology and discomfort with disability remain mostly unexplored,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Inclusive Schools, Political Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Factors that Influence the Retention, Turnover, and Attrition of K-12 Music Teachers in the United States
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Gardner, Robert D. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2010
The purpose of this study was to construct a profile of K-12 music teachers in the United States and develop a model to predict their retention, turnover, and attrition. Responses to the "Schools and Staffing Survey" from 47,857 K-12 public and private school teachers, including 1,903 music teachers, were analyzed using comparative…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Structural Equation Models
Special Education Teachers under Stress: Evidence from a Greek National Study
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Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Davazoglou, Aggeliki M. – Educational Psychology, 2009
The present study examines the sources of job stress in a national sample of 373 Greek special education teachers, using a self-report questionnaire assessing job stress, its perceived sources, and its demographic and professional characteristics. Although the participants in general considered their job moderately stressful, they felt stressed by…
Descriptors: Autism, Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers