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Impact of training on pre‐service teachers' attitudes and concerns about inclusive education and sentiments about persons with disabilities

Sharma, Umesh, Forlin, Chris, Loreman, Tim·2008·Disability & Society
DOI 10.1080/09687590802469271
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Inclusion of students with disabilities into regular schools is now one of the most significant issues facing the education community both nationally and internationally. In order to address this issue there is widespread acceptance that teacher training institutions must ensure that new teachers are trained to teach effectively in classrooms where there are students with a variety of learning needs. Utilizing a data set of 603 pre‐service teachers from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore this study reports the effects of training in inclusive education on pre‐service teacher attitudes towards inclusion, their sentiments about people with a disability and their concerns about inclusion. The results are discussed in relation to a range of factors that could have produced different gains in their attitudes, sentiments and concerns among cohorts from different countries.

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  • The attitudes of society continue to create significant barriers to the inclusion of people with disabilities.

    “Another challenge that continues to create significant barriers to the inclusion of people with disabilities are the attitudes of society (Sharma, Forlin, & Loreman, 2008;2011).”

    From Reforming Teacher Education for Inclusion in Developing Countries in the Asia Pacific Region (2013) · cites this paper as Sharma, Forlin, & Loreman, 2008

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Authors
Sharma, U., Forlin, C., & Loreman, T.
Affiliations
  • Monash University (AU)
  • Education University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Concordia University of Edmonton (CA)
Corresponding author
Sharma, Umesh
ORCID
Venue
Disability & Society
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2008-12
Volume
23
Issue
7
Pages
773-785
ISSN
  • 0267-4645 (ISSN-L)
  • 0968-7599
  • 1360-0508
DOI
10.1080/09687590802469271
OpenAlex
W2105104235
Cited by
566
References
0
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FWCI
38.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Disability & Society (publishedVersion)
  • Hong Kong Education Bibliographic Database (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Social Sciences › Education › Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion
  • Social Sciences › Education › Inclusive Education and Diversity
Keywords
inclusive education, pre-service teachers, teacher professional development, attitudes toward inclusion, attitudes toward disability, cross-national comparison

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