Teacher education for diversity
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Article Title | Teacher education for diversity |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | Jobling, Anne (Author), Forlin, Chris (Author), Tait, Kathleen (Author) and Carroll, Annemaree (Author) |
Journal Title | Queensland Journal of Educational Research |
Journal Citation | 15 (2), pp. 207-225 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 1999 |
Publisher | Queensland Institute for Educational Research |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISSN | 1329-0703 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.iier.org.au/qjer/qjer15/forlin.html |
Abstract | This research reports the findings from three Queensland universities regarding preservice teachers' attitudes towards people with disabilities. The Interactions With Disabled Persons Scale (Gething, 1991) was administered to investigate the effect of personal attributes on preservice teachers' acceptance of and social interactions with people with disabilities. The findings indicate that only four percent of preservice teachers surveyed had undertaken any compulsory courses and only 18 percent had taken elective units in teaching children with special needs. Preservice teachers who had at least weekly contact with people with disabilities perceived less discomfort with such interactions than did those who had less contact. Additionally, postgraduate students experienced greater discomfort than undergraduates did. The implications of these findings for the development of compulsory preservice courses that focus on diversity and for subsequent changes in content at the participating universities are discussed. |
Keywords | disabled; attitudes; student teachers |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390203. Sociology of education |
520599. Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified | |
390411. Special education and disability | |
Public Notes | This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
Faculty of Education | |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0608/teacher-education-for-diversity
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