Author: Mark S. KjellersonPublisher:
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Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Faculty Attitudes Toward Students with Disabilities at Two Midwestern Universities
Author: Mark S. KjellersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : College teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Faculty Attitudes Toward Students with Disabilities at a Southern HBCU
Author: Keno L. WorthyPublisher:
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Category : African American universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The purpose of the study, to investigate faculty attitudes toward students with disabilities at a Southern HBCU during the 2011-2012 academic year. The study was designed to examine differences or relationships between faculty attitudes towards students with disabilities using the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDP) survey. In addition, quasi-experimental variables were examined to determine whether or not IDP scale scores varied as a function of variables such as gender, age, years of teaching experience, the various colleges, faculty rank, and prior experience in accommodating students with disabilities in the classroom. The data of the current study have implications for other institutions of higher education to the extent that it addresses the potential of intervention methods that relate to the topic of faculty attitudes toward students with disabilities in higher education. The sample of the current study consisted of 162 faculty members from various colleges within a Southern HBCU. The survey included the IDP as well as a demographic background and experience questionnaire consisting of 27 items. A total of six research questions were drawn to determine whether relationships existed between IDP subscales and demographic/experience variables and whether differences in IDP subscale scores existed across the demographic/experience variables. The major findings of the current study were as follows: (a) the majority of the participants reported no discomfort with students with disabilities within various colleges at a Southern HBCU; (b) statistically significant differences and/or relationships were found concerning participants' attitudes toward students with disabilities involving various colleges and gender; and (c) no statistically significant differences or relationships were found between age, years of teaching experience, rank, and prior experience accommodating students with disabilities involving faculty attitudes as measured by the IDP.
The Attitudes of College Faculty Toward Students with Disabilities at a Church-affiliated Institution
Author: Donnetta Faye HawkinsPublisher:
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Category : Subject heading(s)
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Faculty Attitudes Toward Students with Disabilities at a Regional University
Author: Brett Stewart CampbellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Disability Attitudes of Postsecondary Faculty Members and Perspectives Regarding Educational Accommodation
Author: Runna AlghazoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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The purpose for conducting this research was to assess faculty members' attitudes toward persons with disabilities and toward providing educational accommodation at two mid-sized postsecondary institutions, the University of Mu'tah in the Country of Jordan and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) in the Country of the United States. The study also attempted to examine the possible influence of selected faculty demographic variables: faculty's sex, professional rank, academic discipline, and prior contact with persons with disabilities. Finally, the study assessed the relationship between faculty's attitudes toward persons with disabilities and attitudes toward educational accommodation. Two scales were used to assess faculty attitudes, the Scale of Attitudes toward Disabled Persons (SADP-R) and the General Attitudes toward College Educational Accommodation scale (GACEA). The GACEA scale consisted of two sections: the first section assessed faculty's attitudes toward educational accommodation, and the second section assessed the degree to which faculty thought each of 10 types of educational accommodation were fair. A stratified/systematic random sampling procedure was used to select 252 faculty members from each university. A total of 293 usable surveys were returned, giving are turn rate of 58%. Faculty members at SIUC University expressed more positive attitudes toward persons with disabilities than faculty members at Mu'tah University. There were significant differences in faculty's attitudes toward persons with disabilities based on faculty's sex and discipline when comparing the two universities. Additionally, using the first section of the GACEA scale, there were no significant differences in faculty's attitudes toward educational accommodation based on faculty's sex and discipline when comparing both universities, and both universities expressed positive attitudes toward educational accommodation. Using the second part of the GACEA scale, there were differences in faculty' equitable evaluations when comparing the overall scores of both universities; however, no differences were found when comparing the two universities based on sex and discipline. Results of multiple linear regression analyses indicated that for Mu'tah University, none of the independent variables (i.e., sex, professional rank, academic discipline, and prior contact with persons with disabilities) explained the variance in faculty's attitudes toward persons with disabilities, faculty's attitudes toward educational accommodation, and faculty's equitable evaluation of 10 types of educational accommodation. However, rank, discipline, and prior contact variables were significant predictors of SIUC faculty's attitudes toward persons with disabilities, and sex and discipline variables were significant predictors of faculty's equitable evaluation of 10 types of accommodation. Results of a correlation analyses revealed no significant relationship between faculty's attitudes toward persons with disabilities and attitudes toward educational accommodation at SIUC. However, there was a weak positive relationship between faculty's attitudes toward persons with disabilities and attitudes toward educational accommodation at Mu'tah University. Additionally, no significant relationship between faculty's attitudes toward persons with disabilities and faculty's equitable evaluation was found at both universities.
University Faculty Attitudes Toward Students with Physical Disabilities
Author: Amy Ginty-Ryan AlexanderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Faculty's Attitudes Toward Regulations Regarding and Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities
Author: Elizabeth C. Mac NeillePublisher:
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Category : Learning disabled
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Faculty Attitudes Towards Students with Learning Disabilities and Academic Support Services
Author: Eric LichtenbergerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Faculty Attitudes Toward Students with Disabilities
Author: Dianne P. HengstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Over the years, researchers in the field of disability studies have attempted to explore various experiences of individuals with disabilities. The purpose of this research is often focused on understanding differences in attitudes toward individuals with disabilities and their impact on the individual with the disability. The importance of these types of studies of attitudes toward individuals with disabilities is the possibility that remedies for negative bias can be implemented when necessary.
Faculty Attitudes and Willingness to Accommodate College Students with Disabilities
Author: Tameka Veronique GardnerPublisher:
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Category : College students with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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