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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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Lui, Ming; Sin, Kuen-Fung; Yang, Lan; Forlin, Chris; Ho, Fuk-Chuen – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2015
Parents are key stakeholders in education and their support is pivotal to policy implementation. Through a large-scale survey, the present study investigated the validity of a structural model describing the relationship between attitude, knowledge, and perceived social norm among parents of children with special needs. Results revealed that…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Parent Attitudes, Social Attitudes, Predictor Variables
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Fakolade, Olufemi Aremu; Adeniyi, Samuel Olufemi; Tella, Adeyinka – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2009
Attitudes about inclusion are extremely complex and vary from teacher to teacher and school to school. This article explores the attitudes of teachers about inclusion of special needs children in their secondary schools in general education. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design, with 60 teachers as participants from selected…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Teacher Attitudes, Special Needs Students, Classroom Environment