Examining Elementary Classroom Teachers' Attitudes Toward Inclusive Education on Guam / White, Mae Doris
- Bib ID:
- 7124068
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- White, Mae Doris, author
- Description:
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- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2012
- 157 p.
- ISBN:
- 9781267734518
- Summary:
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Future research should include examination into the perceived level of support from the school administration. Future research should also explore the possibility that perceptions of inclusion vary as a function of the teachers' demographic and background characteristics. More training and support is needed on how to address the needs of students with disabilities and for interventions which can address the negative attitudes and perceptions of teachers toward students with disabilities.
The participants for this study included 20 teachers from the Guam Department of Education (GDOE) Elementary Division. Purposive sampling was implemented to identify the primary participants, and snowball sampling to recruit the volunteer participants. The results from this study were that a relationship exists between the central phenomenon related to the key words expressed in the study (i.e., teachers' attitudes toward inclusive education in Guam) and factors (i.e., lack of support, preparation, training, and skills to work with students with disability) that may influence teachers' perceptions and instructional practices toward students who are experiencing a disability. In addition, teachers were not trained and did not have the skills needed to work with special needs students. The study results will help in the development of recommendations for future improvements in inclusive education on Guam.
The roles and responsibilities of general education teachers in the 21st century have shifted to educating and accommodating the unique needs of disabled and nondisabled students in the general education environment. It is salient for the successful implementation of the inclusionary processes that teachers' attitudes and unique needs towards inclusionary practices be understood and addressed. This qualitative action research study topic examined the attitudes of elementary classroom teachers towards the inclusion of special needs students in Guam. The problem addressed in this qualitative action research study was that the attitudes and instructional practices of elementary classroom teachers on Guam related to inclusionary teaching are currently unknown. The research questions addressed attitudes toward inclusion including the advantages and disadvantages of inclusionary programs as well as factors associated with these attitudes.
- Notes:
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- Advisors: Susan S. Tillman.
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-02(E), Section: A.
- English
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Northcentral University, degree granting institution
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