'My attitude, my responsibility' Investigating the attitudes and intentions of pre-service teachers toward inclusive education between teacher preparation cohorts in Melbourne and Pretoria. Issue 4 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Subban, Pearl; Mahlo, Dikeledi
• Is Part Of: International journal of inclusive education. Volume 21:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 441
• Page End: 461
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Inclusive education -- pre-service teachers -- attitudes -- teacher preparation; Inclusive education -- Periodicals; Mainstreaming in education -- Periodicals; 371.9
• DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2016.1197322
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-3116

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study explored the attitudes and intentions of pre-service teachers towards inclusive education, across two teacher preparation institutions in Australia and South Africa. There were multiple aims to the study: among these was a need to explore the impact of contextual factors on pre-service teacher attitudes towards inclusive education, and to investigate factors that may impact on their intention to include students with additional learning needs into regular classrooms. The study utilised a published survey as a measuring instrument. One-way analyses of variance were used to establish whether statistically significant relationships existed between specific demographic variables and respondent attitudes towards inclusive education. This paper presents the findings of this investigation.