Attitudes Towards Inclusive Schooling (eBook)

A study on Students', TEachers' and Parents' attitudes

Susanne Schwab (Autor)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
134 Seiten
Waxmann Verlag GmbH
978-3-8309-8899-1 (ISBN)

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Over the last two decades, the implementation of inclusive schooling has increased significantly in European countries and worldwide. According to empirical evidence, one of the most important success factors in implementing inclusive schooling are the attitudes of the actors involved. Previous studies have shown that positive attitudes towards inclusive schooling are not only a condition for success regarding the implementation, but also an important outcome variable of inclusive education. The present study provides empirical insights into the attitudes towards students with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. A study called ATIS-STEP (Attitudes Towards Inclusive Schooling - Students', TEachers' and Parents' Attitudes) was conducted in the school year 2016/17 in 48 inclusive classrooms in Austria. It is the first study to provide longitudinal data that examines the attitudes of the three different stakeholder groups: students, teachers and parents. Furthermore, the interdependency of the attitudes of the three groups, as well as the influence of previous contact experience on the attitudes are analyzed and discussed.

Dr. Susanne Schwab: Professorin für Methodik und Didaktik in den Förderschwerpunkten Lernen sowie emotionale und soziale Entwicklung, School of Education am Institut für Bildungsforschung an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal, Deutschland, und Extraordinary Professor in der Research Focus Area Optentia an der North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. Vorsitzende der Sektion Empirische pädagogische Forschung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Forschung und Entwicklung im Bildungswesen (ÖFEB). Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Inklusionspädagogik, Lehrerprofessionalisierung, Soziale Partizipation.

Inhalt

Book Cover 1
Imprint 4
Contents 5
Let me tell you a story… 9
Acknowledgements 11
Foreword 15
Abstract 17
Chapter 1: Introduction 19
1.1 Introduction 19
1.2Inclusive education in Austria 21
1.2.1Assessment regulations and practice of SEN in Austria 21
1.2.2Austrian’s pathway towards inclusion 23
1.2.3Austrian’s actual situation of inclusive education 25
1.2.3.1Numbers and facts 25
1.2.3.2The social participation of students with SEN in inclusive education in Austria 26
1.2.3.3Individualization and differentiation in Austrian’s inclusive classes 27
1.3Attitudes towards inclusive schooling 27
1.3.1Definition of attitudes 30
1.3.2Students’ attitudes 31
1.3.3Teachers’ attitudes 34
1.3.4Parents’ attitudes 36
1.3.5The link between students’, teachers’ and parents’ attitudes 40
Chapter 2: The ATIS-STEP Study 43
2.1 Purpose, research questions and hypotheses of the study 43
2.1.1 Purpose of the study 43
2.1.2Research questions 44
2.2Method 46
2.2.1Design and procedure 46
2.2.2Sample 48
2.2.2.1Sample of the quantitative study 48
2.2.2.2Sample of the qualitative study 51
2.2.3Measures 52
2.2.3.1Assessing attitudes towards inclusive schooling of students with SEN 52
2.2.3.2Assessing previous contact 54
2.2.3.3Further variables 55
2.3Data analysis 55
2.4Results 56
2.4.1Results of the quantitative study 56
2.4.1.1Psychometric quality of the CATCH short version used 56
2.4.1.2 Mean scores on the attitudes 60
2.4.1.3Correlation between the attitudes towards students with LD, BD and students without SEN 78
2.4.1.4Stability between the attitudes towards students with LD and BD over one school year 79
2.4.1.5Correlations between the students’, mothers’, fathers’ and teachers’ attitudes towards students with LD, BD and students without SEN 80
2.4.1.6Prediction of attitudes towards students with LD, BD and students without SEN 83
2.5.1First results of the qualitative study 97
2.5.1.1Linking the vignettes with students with SEN in the class 97
2.5.1.2Advantages and disadvantages of inclusive schooling from the participants’ perspective 99
Chapter 3: Discussion 107
3.1Discussion of the used sample 107
3.2Discussion of the used instrument 108
3.3Interpreting the participants’ attitudes towards students with and without SEN 109
3.4Links between students’, teachers’ and parents’ attitudes 112
3.5The influence of contact on attitudes towards students with SEN 113
3.6Prediction of the development of students’ and parents’ attitudes 114
3.7Results from the qualitative part of the study 114
3.8Summarizing the results of the study referring on the study’s research hypothesis 116
3.9Conclusion and future direction 117
References 119
List of Abbreviations 129
The Author 134

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• ISBN-10: 3-8309-8899-0 / 3830988990
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8309-8899-1 / 9783830988991