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Dias, Paulo César; Mamas, Christoforos; Gomes, Rubina – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence the attitudes of students towards peers identified as having special educational needs (SEN) in Portuguese mainstream schools. Data were collected from a sample of 1093 students from 5th to 9th grade across Madeira Autonomous Region. Data collection instruments included the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Special Needs Students
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Crowson, H. Michael; Brandes, Joyce A. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2014
This study addressed predictors of pre-service teachers' opposition toward the practice of educating students with disabilities in mainstream classroom settings--a practice known as inclusion. We tested a hypothesized path model that incorporated social dominance orientation (SDO) and contact as distal predictors, and intergroup anxiety,…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Inclusion
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van der Veen, Ineke; Smeets, Ed; Derriks, Mechtild – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Several barriers are hampering the provision of adequate education to students with special educational needs in mainstream primary schools. It is not clear how many and which students in the Netherlands are considered children with special educational needs. The problems that make teachers consider children to have special educational…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Student Characteristics
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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
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Dupoux, Errol; Wolman, Clara; Estrada, Elisa – International Journal of Disability Development and Education, 2005
This investigation compared the attitudes of teachers toward integration of students with disabilities in Haiti and the United States. A sample of 152 high school teachers in Haiti and 216 high school teachers in the United States was asked to complete a background questionnaire and the Opinions Relative to the Integration of Students with…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
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Soodak, Leslie C.; Podell, David M.; Lehman, Laurie R. – Journal of Special Education, 1998
A survey of 188 general education teachers' attitudes toward including students with disabilities identified hostility/receptivity and anxiety/calmness dimensions. Teacher attributes and beliefs, student characteristics, and school climate were related to both dimensions. Receptivity toward inclusion was associated with higher teacher efficacy,…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education