Attitudes about inclusion by educators and physical educators: effects of participation in an inclusive adapted physical education program

Autor: Eliane Mauerberg-deCastro; Ana Clara de Souza Paiva; Gabriela Andreeta Figueiredo; Thais Delamuta Ayres da Costa; Marcela Rodrigues de Castro; Debra Frances Campbell
Sprache: Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Quelle: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
Online Zugang: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-65742013000300017&lng=en&tlng=en
https://doaj.org/toc/1980-6574
1980-6574
doi:10.1590/S1980-65742013000300017
https://doaj.org/article/ec51c18b211a40ac972021c7a887ed25
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-65742013000300017
https://doaj.org/article/ec51c18b211a40ac972021c7a887ed25
Erfassungsnummer: ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ec51c18b211a40ac972021c7a887ed25

Zusammenfassung

This study assessed the attitudes about the inclusion of students with disability by professionals in education and health, relative to their experience and training. We compared three groups: 20 teachers and trainees who worked in an adapted physical education program (GI); 75 professionals from the municipal education system of Rio Claro subdivided according to their experience-CGyes e CGno, respectively, with and without experience. We used the inventory adapted by Palla (2001) to assess participants' attitudes and self-concepts. Overall, individuals in the group that participated in the intervention maintained their tendency of being favorable toward inclusion. Teachers in regular school settings in the municipal school system of Rio Claro (São Paulo, Brazil), regardless of their experience with inclusive settings, remain mostly indecisive about the benefits of inclusion.