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Factors Influencing Children's Attitudes toward Their Peers with Disabilities
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Sophie M. Bradburn; Megan C. Ryan; Willie Leung – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
Attitudes toward people with disabilities greatly influence the lives of people with disabilities, especially during childhood. Negative attitudes toward children with disabilities are considered a barrier to the social participation of children with impairment in academics, organized sports, and social events. However, positive attitudes will…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Peer Relationship, Barriers, Negative Attitudes
Effects of Teachers' Backgrounds and Perspectives of Disability Stigma on Efforts to Address Stigma in the Classroom
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Salinger, Rachel – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Stigmatization of students with disabilities is related to a variety of adverse long-term effects and many teachers experience challenges implementing empirically-based practices to address this stigma. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that predict teachers' efforts to address stigma in the classroom and barriers to…
Descriptors: Teacher Background, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Labeling (of Persons), Teacher Attitudes
Addressing South African Pre-Service Teachers' Sentiments, Attitudes and Concerns Regarding Inclusive Education
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Oswald, Marietjie; Swart, Estelle – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2011
This article recounts the findings of a study that investigated pre-service teachers' attitudes and concerns regarding inclusive education and their degree of comfort when interacting with people with disabilities after completing courses on inclusive education. One hundred and eighty pre-service teachers from one higher education institution in…
Descriptors: Barriers, Higher Education, Inclusion, Intervention
Individual and Situational Factors Associated with Social Barriers for Persons with Mobility Impairment
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McCaughey, Tiffany – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Decades of research have examined factors involved in complex, and sometimes stressful, interpersonal interactions between individuals with and without disabilities. The present study applies structural equation modeling to test an integrative model of individual and situational factors affecting encounters between able-bodied college students and…
Descriptors: College Students, Structural Equation Models, Focus Groups, Barriers
Predictors of Attitudes toward Disability and Employment Policy Issues among Undergraduate Students at the University of Nairobi
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Mamboleo, George Isaboke – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Disability rights issues are an emerging area of discourse in Kenya. Persons with disabilities in Kenya face many barriers to integration into the larger Kenyan society possibly due to barriers such as societal negative attitudes. Research has indicated that the greatest barrier to rehabilitation of persons with disabilities is negative attitudes…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Employees, Negative Attitudes, Disabilities
The Effects of Institutional Variables, Teacher Background Variables, Teacher Preparedness, and Teachers' Performance Drivers on Teachers' Attitudes toward Students with Learning Disabilities in the Inclusive Classroom
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Abercrombie, Diane D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
As a result of the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, school systems are required to provide a free and appropriate education for all children with disabilities. This legislation was further supported by The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), which guarantees all students with…
Descriptors: Inclusion, General Education, Learning Disabilities, Program Effectiveness