The Influence of Teachers Attitudes towards Inclusive Education on Teaching Strategies in Inclusive Public and Private Junior High School.
- Keywords
- Inclusive education, teaching strategy, attitude; special students.
- Abstract
This electronic Abstract- This study discusses the influence of teacher's attitudes towards inclusive education on teaching strategies. Participants of this study are teachers in 7 public and 5 private inclusive junior high schools (n=225). The Research uses Bender Classroom Structure Question Version Indonesia (BCSQ) to measure teaching strategies and multidimensional attitudes towards inclusive education scale (MATIES) to measure attitude towards inclusive education. The results of regression analysis show that attitudes towards inclusive education influence the teaching strategies used by teachers both in inclusive public junior high schools and in inclusive private junior high school F (1,223)=10.161, p<0,05. Teachers who have a high attitude towards inclusive education are predicted often to use a variety of teaching strategies are tailored to the needs of students. Conversely, teachers who have a low attitude towards inclusive education are predicted rarely to use teaching strategies tailored to the needs of students. There are no differences in attitudes towards inclusive education and the teaching strategies used by teachers in inclusive public junior secondary schools and teachers in private inclusive junior secondary schools.
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Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ade Siti Mariyam AU - Farida Kurinawati PY - 2019/12 DA - 2019/12 TI - The Influence of Teachers Attitudes towards Inclusive Education on Teaching Strategies in Inclusive Public and Private Junior High School. BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Special Education (ICSE 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 260 EP - 264 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125928837 ID - Mariyam2019/12 ER -