Impact of training on pre‐service teachers' attitudes and concerns about inclusive education and sentiments about persons with disabilities

By U. Sharma, C. Forlin, T. Loreman. 2008

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Exploring inclusive pedagogy (2011, unknown): “(Lyser et al., 1994; Avramidis et al., 2000; Marshall et al., 2002; Campbell et al., 2003; Lambert et al., 2005; Lambe & Bones, 2006; Sharma et al., 2008).”
Do Pre-Service Teachers Feel Ready to Teach in Inclusive Classrooms? A Four Country Study of Teaching Self-Efficacy. (2013, background): “…between the Hong Kong pre-service teachers and the other three countries, demonstrating that despite what some literature might say (Klassen, 2004; Sharma et al., 2008), with respect to self-efficacy for inclusion assumptions of similarities between countries in the East versus the West without…”
Teacher preparation for inclusive education: increasing knowledge but raising concerns (2011, unknown): “It is with this in mind that Sharma, Forlin, and Loreman (2008) suggest that concerns should be explicitly addressed as much as possible within the initial teacher education programs.”
Pre-service primary teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education (2014, background): “These results are in accordance with previous research (Campbell et al., 2003; Carroll et al., 2003; Forlin et al., 2009; Lancaster & Bain, 2007; Sharma et al., 2008).”
Changes in Preservice Teacher Attitudes Toward Inclusion (2012, background): “Research suggests that disability education is one of the most influential variables in changing teacher attitudes toward inclusion (Sharma et al, 2008 ; Sharma et.”
Inclusion of Children With Special Needs in Early Childhood Education (2015, background): “While initial special education training in teacher education should be strengthened (Sharma et al., 2008), appropriate teacher access to support and resources for various types of special needs should be provided (Hastings & Oakford, 2010).”
Preparation for Inclusion in Teacher Education Pre-Service Curricula (2013, background): “Sharma, Forlin, and Loreman (2008) concluded, “the content and the pedagogy of a program are by far the most significant predictors of pre-service teachers’ attitudes, sentiments, and concerns about inclusion.””
The impact of training on pre-service teacher attitudes, concerns, and efficacy towards inclusion (2016, background): “Sharma et al. (2008) also measured the change in participants’ concerns and confidence levels following the university course.”
Changing attitudes to inclusion in preservice teacher education: a systematic review (2019, methodology): “One study was based on data from interventions undertaken internationally – Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore (Sharma, Forlin, and Loreman 2008).”
Inclusive practices in teaching students with dyslexia:Second language teachers’ concerns, attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs on a massive open online learning course (2017, background): “Previous research has demonstrated face-to-face pre-service teacher training courses on inclusion have a positive effect in terms of enhancing attitudes, raising teachers’ selfefficacy beliefs and alleviating concerns with regard to inclusion (e.g. Carroll et al., 2003; Campbell et al., 2003; Lambe ”
In-service teachers’ attitudes, concerns, efficacy and intentions to teach in inclusive classrooms: an international comparison of Australian and Italian teachers (2018, background): “…comparative studies to examine teachers’ attitudes (Sharma, Loreman, and Forlin 2008; Saloviita and Schaffus 2016), efficacy (Savolainen et al. 2012; Malinen et al. 2013; Sharma and Sokal 2015) and concerns (Sharma, Loreman, and Forlin 2008; Malinen et al. 2013) to teach in inclusive classrooms.”