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Jenson, Kim – Online Submission, 2018
A teacher is essential in implementing inclusive policy practices into the classroom. Teacher attitudes towards inclusion, be it positive, negative or indifferent, can determine the success of an inclusive classroom and how it influences students with special educational needs and their school life. This literature review reports on information…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Inclusion, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities
Melekoglu, Macid A.; Wilkerson, Kimber L. – Online Submission, 2013
Lack of reading motivation impedes upper elementary and secondary school students' willingness to improve critical reading skills and strategies to be successful in school. Struggling readers often show a negative attitude towards reading tasks and manifest low motivation to read. Although the importance of motivation is clear, there is limited…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Reading Difficulties
Eskay, M.; Onu, V. C.; Igbo, J. N.; Obiyo, N.; Ugwuanyi, L. – Online Submission, 2012
For a long time, children with special needs were educated along with other regular children in schools. The notion of special education was a Western phenomenon and concept in Nigeria. How were children with special needs educated without special education programs? This article will provide cultural perspectives on issues of disability and care…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Culture, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
Dizdarevic, Alma; Vantic-Tanjic, Medina; Nikolic, Milena – Online Submission, 2010
This paper describes the different challenges faced by all members of the local community who are directly or indirectly responsible for the educational reform regarding the process of inclusion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yugoslavia education system is regulated in canton legislature. Each canton has its own law on preschool, elementary school,…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Negative Attitudes, Disabilities, Educational Change
Ahmed, Ramadan A.; Rohner, Ronald P.; Khaleque, Abdul; Gielen, Uwe P. – Online Submission, 2010
Purpose. The purpose of this article is to summarize the rich and growing body of research that draws from parental acceptance-rejection theory (PARTheory) and associated measures as used throughout the Arab world. Methodology. This body of work includes more than 100 studies that explore the reliability and validity of Arabic adaptations of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Psychologists, Mental Health, Arabs
Giffard-Lindsay, Katharine – Online Submission, 2007
Children with disabilities are a minority that are not prioritised in the context of education programmes in India, although they are often found in many marginalised groups that are catered for if non-disabled, for example, girls, scheduled tribe, scheduled caste, and other backward caste children. Inclusive education may be a way of merging…
Descriptors: Social Class, Inclusive Schools, Educational History, Negative Attitudes