Components of attitudes toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in physical education in the ATIPDPE-GR instrument for Greek physical educators [Názory na začlenění studentů s postižením do hodin tělesné výchovy v nástroji ATIPDPE-GR pro řecké učitele tělesné výchovy]

<strong>BACKROUND</strong>: Over the last decade the idea of the inclusion of students with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN) in general schools has become increasingly the focus of national and international policies in Greece. An important factor that affects the success...

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Main Authors: Martin Kudláček, Christina Evaggelinou, Agapi Doulkeridou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Palacky University 2010-12-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Gymnica
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Online Access:http://www.gymnica.upol.cz/index.php/gymnica/article/view/222
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Summary:<strong>BACKROUND</strong>: Over the last decade the idea of the inclusion of students with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN) in general schools has become increasingly the focus of national and international policies in Greece. An important factor that affects the success of inclusion is attitude and the theory of planned behavior (TPB) provides a useful framework for the study of attitudes toward people with disabilities. <strong>OBJECTIVE</strong>: The purpose of the study was to examine the structure of the attitudinal scale, modified for Greece, of the Attitudes Toward Inclusion of Individuals with Physical Disabilities in Physical Education - Greece (ATIPDPE-GR), an instrument based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) of Ajzen (2000), aiming to measure Greek physical educators' attitudes. <strong>METHODS</strong>: Participants were 155 physical educators (85 females and 70 males) with a mean age of 37.68 years teaching either the physical education (PE) course or the Olympic & Paralympic education (O & PE) course in seven different prefectures of Greece. <strong>RESULTS</strong>: Based on the one way ANOVA, the attitudinal scale of ATIPDPE-GR measures two psychological properties (components). Two components, which come from a principal component analysis, explain more than 42% of the variance. The two components are: a) positive outcomes for students and b) negative outcomes for teachers and students. <strong>CONCLUSIONS</strong>: Our present results indicate that the ATIPDPE-GR can be a reliable instrument that measures PE teachers' attitudes and that the theory of planned behavior can provide a sound theoretical framework for the study of the attitudes of physical educators.<br>[<strong>V&Yacute;CHODISKA</strong>: Za posledn&iacute; dek&aacute;du my&scaron;lenka začleněn&iacute; studentů s postižen&iacute;m a speci&aacute;ln&iacute;mi vzděl&aacute;vac&iacute;mi potřebami (SVP) do v&scaron;eobecn&yacute;ch &scaron;kol v Řecku nab&yacute;v&aacute; na v&yacute;znamu v r&aacute;mci n&aacute;rodn&iacute; a mezin&aacute;rodn&iacute; politiky. Důležit&yacute; faktor, kter&yacute; podmiňuje &uacute;spěch tohoto začleněn&iacute;, je postoj k t&eacute;to ot&aacute;zce a teorie pl&aacute;novan&eacute;ho chov&aacute;n&iacute; (TPCH) poskytuje užitečn&yacute; r&aacute;mec pro studium postojů k lidem s postižen&iacute;m. <strong>C&Iacute;LE</strong>: &Uacute;čelem studie bylo posoudit strukturu postojov&eacute; &scaron;k&aacute;ly, modifikovan&eacute; pro Řecko, dle n&aacute;stroje Attitudes Toward Inclusion of Individuals with Physical Disabilities in Physical Education - Greece (ATIPDPE-GR), založen&eacute;ho na teorii pl&aacute;novan&eacute;ho chov&aacute;n&iacute; (TPCH) Ajzena (2000). &Scaron;k&aacute;la je určena pro měřen&iacute; postojů řeck&yacute;ch učitelů tělesn&eacute; v&yacute;chovy. <strong>METODIKA</strong>: Z&uacute;častnilo se 155 učitelů tělesn&eacute; v&yacute;chovy (85 žen a 70 mužů) v průměrn&eacute;m věku 37,68 let, kteř&iacute; vyučuj&iacute; buď tělesnou v&yacute;chovu (TV) nebo olympijskou a paralympijskou v&yacute;chovu (OPV) v sedmi různ&yacute;ch prefektur&aacute;ch Řecka. <strong>V&Yacute;SLEDKY</strong>: Na z&aacute;kladě jednocestn&eacute; ANOVA postojov&eacute; &scaron;k&aacute;ly ATIPDPE-GR měř&iacute; dvě psychologick&eacute; charakteristiky (komponenty). Dva komponenty, jež poch&aacute;zej&iacute; z anal&yacute;zy hlavn&iacute;ch komponentů, objasňuj&iacute; v&iacute;ce než 42 % rozptylu. Jedn&aacute; se o a) pozitivn&iacute; v&yacute;sledky pro studenty a b) negativn&iacute; v&yacute;sledky pro učitele a studenty. <strong>Z&Aacute;VĚRY</strong>: Na&scaron;e z&aacute;věry indikuj&iacute;, že ATIPDPE-GR lze považovat za spolehliv&yacute; n&aacute;stroj pro měřen&iacute; postojů učitelů TV a že teorie pl&aacute;novan&eacute;ho chov&aacute;n&iacute; může poskytnout solidn&iacute; teoretick&yacute; r&aacute;mec pro studium postojů učitelů tělesn&eacute; v&yacute;chovy.]
ISSN:1212-1185
1213-8312