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Teachers’ Changing Attitudes and Preferences around Inclusive Education
2020
Inclusive education as an alternative to traditional separate special education has gained recognition since the approval of the Salamanca Statement in 1994. The success of inclusion is considered to be highly dependent on the teachers’ positions on inclusion. In this study Finnish comprehensive school teachers’ opinions were investigated in order to evaluate the prospects of inclusion in Finland, and also to study the variables associated with these attitudes. A total of 2,276 teachers and principals participated in the email survey. The final sample contained 1,041classroom teachers, 755 subject teachers and 445 special education teachers. The results confirmed the existence of a large va…
Explaining classroom teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education
2019
Teacher attitudes have been identified as an important resource when striving towards inclusive education as defined in the Salamanca Statement (1994). This study surveyed some key factors associated with teacher attitudes towards inclusion. The participants were 1,456 classroom teachers in Finnish primary schools who were asked about their readiness to include in their classrooms a student with a specified special educational need (SEN). The results were reviewed in association with some background variables, including workload concerns, evaluation of professional skills and the opportunity to get extra support if needed. The results show that classroom teachers’ positive attitudes towards…
Teacher efficacy predicts teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion – a longitudinal cross-lagged analysis
2020
Over the past decades, an abundance of studies have assessed teacher attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs related to inclusive education. However, empirical evidence on the causal relationship between efficacy and attitudes is still rare and inconclusive. Therefore, the present study focused on identifying the interdependent relationship between teachers’ attitudes and their self-efficacy beliefs using a cross-lagged panel design path analysis. A total of 1326 teachers from Finish schools participated in an electronic survey. Teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs were assessed five times and attitudes (attitudes and concerns subscale) three times over three years. The outcomes indicated that both …
Exploring the role of teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education, their self-efficacy, and collective efficacy in behaviour management in teache…
2023
Using a sample of 384 Finnish teachers, in this study we explored how teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education, self-efficacy, and collective efficacy in behaviour management affect their behaviours in teaching appropriate behaviours to students, and how teachers' attitudes, self-efficacy, and collective efficacy mediate the effect of background variables on teacher behaviour. The results revealed that teachers’ self-efficacy and collective efficacy significantly predicted their behaviour. The number of students with attention or behavioural problems has an indirect negative effect on teacher behaviour, mediated by teacher self-efficacy. peerReviewed
Attitudes of Teachers Towards Inclusive Education in Finland
2020
Positive teacher attitudes are essential for success when children with special educational needs (SEN) are placed into mainstream classrooms. The present study surveyed teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion by using a large national sample and Teachers’ Attitudes towards Inclusion Scale (TAIS). A total of 1,764 Finnish basic-school teachers participated in the e-mail survey. They included 824 classroom teachers, 575 subject teachers and 365 special-education teachers. The classroom teachers scored below and the subject teachers significantly below, the neutral midpoint of the scale. The special-education teachers’ mean scores were above the midpoint. About 20% of teachers were strong oppon…
"Teachers teach so well that it's nice to learn" : a case-study on the role of teacher-to-student feedback in attitude-formation on L2 elementary Eng…
2015
Arviointi ja palautteenanto ovat oleellisia asioita opettajan jokapäiväisessä työssä. Lisäksi asenteiden tutkiminen on tällä hetkellä suosittu tutkimusala. Tässä tapaustutkimuksessa tutkittiin, millaista vuorovaikutuksellista palautetta opettaja antaa oppilailleen alakoulun englannin kielen tunneilla, ja millainen yhteys sillä on oppilaiden asenteisiin englannin kieltä kohtaan. Tutkimusaineisto koostui kolmesta opettajasta ja heidän oppilaistaan; yksi englannin kielen aineenopettaja ja hänen viidesluokkalainen ryhmänsä sekä kaksi luokanopettajaa ja heidän neljäs- ja viidesluokkalaisensa. Tutkimusaineisto koottiin metodisella triangulaatiolla. Aluksi oppilaille teetettiin kartoittava kysely …
The effect of perceived school climate and teacher efficacy in behavior management on job satisfaction and burnout: A longitudinal study
2016
Abstract This study investigated how perceived school climate affects teachers' job satisfaction and burnout and how self-efficacy and collective efficacy in behavior management mediate the effect of perceived school climate on job satisfaction and burnout. The questions were answered using longitudinal questionnaire data collected from 642 Finnish lower secondary school teachers. A structural equation model revealed that school climate had a positive effect, partly mediated by self-efficacy, on job satisfaction. Collective efficacy in student discipline did not explain either job satisfaction or burnout. Self-efficacy in managing behavior had a positive effect on job satisfaction and a neg…
Teacher attitudes and use of stories and storytelling in Finnish foreign language education
2016
Tarinat ja tarinankerronta ovat keskeisiä käsitteitä kielen tutkimuksessa ja kielten ilmenemisessä jokapäiväisessä elämässä. Rakenteena tarinat näkyvät paitsi kulttuurissamme ja historiassamme, myös sosiaalisissa kanssakäymisissämme ja siinä miten jäsennämme tietoa. Tarinoilla ja tarinankerronalla on myös perinteisesti ollut keskeinen rooli opetuksessa jossa niiden käytön on havaittu tuovan monia hyötyjä. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoitus on selvittää kuinka tämä teoreettinen tietämyksemme tarinoiden hyödyistä opetuskontekstissa heijastuu käytännön toimintaan ja ajatteluun suomalaisten vieraiden kielten opettajien keskuudessa. Kyselylomake lähetettiin sähköpostin välityksellä 25:lle vieraankielen…
Teacher beliefs on the significance of technology in education : the influence for inclusion in the andalusian teaching centers
2014
Este trabajo muestra resultados parciales de un Proyecto I+D de Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología español sobre centros TICs andaluces y sus repercusiones en los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Nos planteamos mediante encuesta indagar en las creencias del profesorado sobre la tecnología en la educación, su influencia en los procesos de aula. Los datos obtenidos nos aportan indicios que nos aproximan a la hipótesis inicial, confirmando parcialmente que las creencias que el profesorado tiene sobre el significado de las tecnologías en la educación se encuentran relacionadas con su frecuencia y uso, sus percepciones sobre la integración organizativa y curricular, y con su formación y capaci…
Competencias tecnológicas en el espacio europeo de educación superior. Propuesta de formación del maestro especialista en Educación Física
2007
El presente artículo pretende identificar y analizar la disposición y actitud de los estudiantes de magisterio especialidad Educación Física de la Universidad de Alicante, para el desarrollo y/o adquisición de competencias tecnológicas de tipo transversal establecidas en los documentos marco del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior y su posible articulación curricular. Para ello, se ha administrado el Stages of Adoption of Technology, el Teachers' Attitudes Toward Computers, y analizado los documentos de referencia, con el fin de identificar las competencias tecnológicas que todo futuro docente debe emplear durante su etapa de formación y práctica profesional. This article aims to identify…