The development of an instrument for measuring pre-service teachers' sentiments, attitudes, and concerns about inclusive education

The development of an instrument for measuring pre-service teachers' sentiments, attitudes, and concerns about inclusive education

• Loreman, Tim Concordia University College of Alberta
• Earle, Chris Concordia University College of Alberta
• Sharma, Umesh Monash University
• Forlin, Chris Hong Kong Institute of Education

International Journal of Special Education, 22(2), 150-159, 2007

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

2007

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers
• E Special Education
  • EG Inclusive Education

Foreign Countries Inclusive Schools Student Teacher Attitudes Disabilities Measures (Individuals) Mainstreaming Measurement Techniques Test Construction Psychometrics Preservice Teachers Teacher Qualifications Teacher Responsibility Knowledge Base For Teaching Faculty Workload Australia Canada Singapore Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

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This paper describes the development of an improved scale for measuring sentiments, attitudes and concerns about inclusive education in pre-service teachers based on an examination of data gathered from 996 pre-service teachers from five tertiary institutions using a modified version of the Interactions with People with Disabilities scale (Forlin, Jobling & Carroll, 2001; Gething, 1991, 1994), the Concerns about Inclusive Education Scale (Sharma & Desai, 2002), and the Attitudes Toward Inclusive Education Scale (Wilczenski, 1992, 1995). Based on the results of principal component analyses, conceptual judgments made by the research team, and a critique of content and format from an "expert group", a new scale, the Sentiments, Attitudes and Concerns about Inclusive Education scale (SACIE), is developed. The rationale behind the development of the scale is discussed.
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