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| Title |
Factors Associated with Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes Towards the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0137002 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sharmila Vaz, Nathan Wilson, Marita Falkmer, Angela Sim, Melissa Scott, Reinie Cordier, Torbjörn Falkmer |
| Abstract |
Teachers' attitudes toward inclusion are often based on the practical implementation of inclusive education rather than a specific ideology and understanding of inclusiveness. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with primary school teachers' attitudes towards inclusion of students with all disabilities in regular schools. Seventy four primary school teachers participated in a cross-sectional survey conducted in Western Australia. Teachers' attitudes and efficacy toward integration of students with disabilities were measured using the Opinions Relative to Integration of Students with Disabilities scale and Bandura's Teacher Efficacy scale respectively. Four teacher attributes-age, gender, teaching self-efficacy and training collectively explained 42% of the variability in teachers' attitude toward including students with disabilities. The current study further contributes to the accumulation of knowledge that can unpack the complex pattern of factors that should be considered to promote positive attitudes towards inclusive schools. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 445 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 444 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 98 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 55 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 39 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 9% |
| Researcher | 25 | 6% |
| Other | 70 | 16% |
| Unknown | 120 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 120 | 27% |
| Psychology | 69 | 16% |
| Arts and Humanities | 37 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 28 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 3% |
| Other | 47 | 11% |
| Unknown | 129 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 October 2023.
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#2,362,543
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#28,814
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#30,311
of 280,172 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#737
of 5,983 outputs
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