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Evaluating the effect of a teacher training programme on the primary teachers' attitudes, knowledge and teaching strategies regarding special educational needs

Journal

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 287-297

Publisher

ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2016.1176125

Keywords

Attitudes; primary school; inclusive education; in-service teacher; training programme; knowledge

Funding

  1. Bernoulli Fellowship Programme
  2. Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

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Research has consistently stressed that regular school teachers are important in determining the success of implementing inclusive education. It was also found that teachers' attitudes, their knowledge about special educational needs (SEN) and teaching strategies are prerequisites for implementing inclusive education successfully. This study examines the effects of an in-service teacher training programme on regular primary school teachers' attitudes and knowledge about SEN and about teaching strategies. A pre- and post-test control group design study was set up (N-experimental group=33, N-control group=34), comprising 11 public primary schools. The training programme consisted of 32 hours face-to-face training sessions, covering topics about attitudes and knowledge about SEN and about teaching strategies. In order to establish the effects of the training programme, attitudes and knowledge were measured at two moments: before and after the training programme was performed. The outcomes of ANCOVA revealed significant positive effects of the training programme on most dependent variables (attitudes, knowledge about SEN and about teaching strategies) with medium to large effect sizes. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

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