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What Do We Want? A Study of the Role of Self-Efficacy in Inclusive Education: Special Educators' Attitudes towards Community Building
Reichenberg, Monica, Löfgren, Kent

What Do We Want? A Study of the Role of Self-Efficacy in Inclusive Education: Special Educators' Attitudes towards Community Building

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Education & Pedagogy Published 2019 Verification Pending

Overview & Synopsis

The overall aim of this study was to describe the role of self-efficacy for inclusive education as a predictor of Swedish special educators' attitudes towards participation by students with ID in the community outside the school building. Consequently, our research question was the following: To what extent does self-efficacy for inclusive education predict Swedish special educators' attitudes towards participation by students with ID in the community outside the school? 148 special educators filled out questionnaires about their self-efficacy beliefs and other personal variables. We found that special educators are overwhelmingly positive towards more community building. However, self-efficacy for education of students with ID was, on average, negatively associated with attitudes towards more community building. We conclude that our findings should have consequences for teacher education programmes in special education.

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Document Information

Document Title What Do We Want? A Study of the Role of Self-Efficacy in Inclusive Education: Special Educators' Attitudes towards Community Building
Author / Organization Reichenberg, Monica, Löfgren, Kent
Subject & Discipline Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Inclusion
Categories Education & Pedagogy
Publication Year 2019
License / Rights Public Domain / Open Access Educational Resource
Resource Verification Listed PDF (Verification Pending)
Original Host Website ERIC (Education Resources) (eric.ed.gov)
File Format application/pdf (Portable Document Format)
Language EN
Catalog ID DOC-305208
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