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Download full textBlackman, Stacey – International Journal of Special Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate students' attitudes towards the inclusion of peers with disabilities in Barbados. This research is quantitative and utilizes the Chedoke-McMasters Attitude towards Children with Handicap Scale (CATCH) to collect attitudinal data on a cross section of Barbadian students. The findings suggest that many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
Direct linkO'Hagan, Siobhan; Hebron, Judith – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2017
Establishing and maintaining friendships is frequently challenging for young people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC). However, few studies have explored influences on friendship development, meaning that knowledge of friendship formation processes remains limited at a critical point in social development. As friendship can impact on…
Descriptors: Friendship, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Mainstreaming
de Heer, Nathaniel; Due, Clemence; Riggs, Damien W.; Augoustinos, Martha – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2016
Educational experiences during childhood are critically important for development, but migrant children often experience unique challenges. To ameliorate these, extra training in English language--such as provided by the intensive English language programme in South Australia (IELP)--is frequently offered to children taking on English as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Experience, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Cairns, Bernadette; McClatchey, Kirstie – British Journal of Special Education, 2013
This study, carried out by Bernadette Cairns, principal officer for Additional Support Needs and Early Education in the Highland Council Additional Support Needs Team, and Kirstie McClatchey, a research assistant in the Highland Council Psychological Service, explores children's attitudes towards disability, making a comparison between a school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusion
Aboud, Frances E.; Tredoux, Colin; Tropp, Linda R.; Brown, Christia Spears; Niens, Ulrike; Noor, Noraini M. – Developmental Review, 2012
A systematic review was conducted of studies evaluating the effects of interventions aimed at reducing ethnic prejudice and discrimination in young children. Articles published between 1980 and 2010 and including children of 8 years and under were identified, harvested, and assessed for quality, both for the exposure/program as well as for the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Young Children, Attitude Change, Inclusion
May, Cynthia – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Postsecondary education programs for students with an intellectual disability are expanding, and an emerging question concerns the impact of these programs on campus communities. The author examined changes in attitudes toward diversity among peers without disabilities who participated in an inclusive college course that had students with an…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Student Attitudes, Mental Retardation, College Students
Suria-Martinez, Raquel – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2011
Introduction: The interest towards the integration of students with disabilities has increased in the education sector. The attitudes toward this group are one of the most relevant aspects of study. In our country there is a lot of research on this topic, but none of them focused on students at different stages. Our study examines students'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Likert Scales, Comparative Analysis
de Boer, Anke; Pijl, Sip Jan; Minnaert, Alexander – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2012
The trend towards inclusive education has led to an increase of studies focusing on peer attitudes. This review study presents an overview of studies describing attitudes of students, variables relating to students' attitudes, and the relationship between students' attitudes and the social participation of peers with disabilities. Based on a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Student Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Rose, Chris; O'Connor, Anne – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1989
A study of the attitudes of 821 secondary-level students in British Columbia (Canada) found that the majority supported mainstreaming of handicapped students in their classes, females were more positive than males, older students were more positive than younger students, and physical contact with handicapped students did not automatically lead to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Familiarity
