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Teachers' Perceptions of Students with Different Disabilities through the Lens of the Stereotype Content Model
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Sonja Krämer; Friederike Zimmermann – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2025
According to the stereotype content model (SCM), individuals with disabilities are commonly stereotyped as "warm but dumb." Thereby, disabilities are used as an umbrella term encompassing various types of disabilities. The current study pursues the question of whether different types of disabilities are associated with different patterns…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Stereotypes, Disabilities
'Does the Loss Outweigh the Gain?': Inclusive Teachers' Belief Systems about Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Chinese Elementary Classrooms
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Weihao Xin; Chunling Liu; Andrea L. Ruppar; Xiaoxue Yao; Chuan He – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
Little is known about inclusive teachers' belief systems about teaching students with mild, moderate, or severe intellectual disabilities across different subjects (e.g. language arts, math, science, PE, art, and music) in less developed countries. To address this gap, this study aims to understand inclusive teachers' belief systems about teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Individualizing Instruction for Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in China: Teachers' Perceptions and Practices
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Shuoxi Huang; Donna H. Lehr; Zachary Rossetti; Mian Wang – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
This study investigated Chinese special education teachers' perceptions and practices of individualizing instruction for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Semistructured interviews were conducted with 31 teachers who taught elementary Chinese language arts and math in six public special education schools for students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Perceptions of Saudi Elementary School Special Education Teachers Regarding Mathematics Content and Instructional Practices for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
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Yazeed Alnasser – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
This study explored the perceptions of special education teachers of students with intellectual disabilities at three elementary schools in Saudi Arabia regarding the instructional practices and content used for teaching such students mathematics. The research employed a qualitative multiple case study design and used an open-ended questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Teachers, Special Education Teachers
Teacher Empathy and Attitudes towards Individuals with Disabilities
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Parchomiuk, Monika – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2019
The article presents research results of a study aimed at determining the correlation between empathy understood as a personality disposition and general attitudes towards individuals with disability. The sample consisted of 300 special education teachers working with persons with intellectual disabilities in primary and secondary schools and…
Descriptors: Empathy, Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Preparing for the Inclusive Classroom: Changing Teachers' Attitudes and Knowledge
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Srivastava, Meenakshi; de Boer, Anke A.; Pijl, Sip Jan – Teacher Development, 2017
India's educational policy on inclusive education for students with disabilities is in sync with general global developments. Especially in the last couple of years there have been significant legislative achievements towards this endeavour. However, the implementation of inclusive education remains elusive. Besides this, teachers' preparedness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Inclusion, Disabilities