Titel
Inclusion does not solely apply to students with disabilities: pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive schooling of all students
Ghaleb Alnahdi
Special Education Department, College of Education, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University
Abstract
Several studies have investigated (pre-service) teachers’ attitudes toward inclusion. However, most have focused on teachers’ attitudes toward the inclusion of students with disabilities. The understanding of inclusive education has expanded to the provision of educational opportunities to all students, not only those with a disability. This study investigates the attitudes of 899 Austrian pre-service teachers towards inclusion using a revised version of the Attitudes to Inclusion Scale (AIS). The psychometric quality of the revised scale was examined. The results indicated a high reliability, and the two-dimensional factor structure was confirmed by a confirmatory factor analysis. Some evidence for convergent validity was found. More positive attitudes towards inclusive schooling were found among pre-service teachers focusing on inclusive education within their teacher training programme, female teachers, and pre-service teachers with a migration background.
Stichwort
Inclusioninclusive educationteacher educationbroad understanding of inclusionpre-service teachersteacher attitudes
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
Erschienen in
Titel
International Journal of Inclusive Education
ISSN
1360-3116
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Seitenanfang
1
Seitenende
17
Publication
Informa UK Limited
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
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