Fears towards disability and their impact on teaching practices in inclusive classrooms: An empirical study with teachers in Greece
Our research examines Greek special and general education teachers' fears toward disability and their impact on teaching in inclusive classrooms. We interviewed 12 teachers from the region of Attica (Athens) and documented attitudes and beliefs toward disability, with the goal of identifying te...
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| description | Our research examines Greek special and general education teachers' fears toward disability and their impact on teaching in inclusive classrooms. We interviewed 12 teachers from the region of Attica (Athens) and documented attitudes and beliefs toward disability, with the goal of identifying teachers' personal sources of resistance to inclusion. Medical paradigm of understanding disability and the absence of inclusive school culture are some of the results that revealed teachers’ sources of resisting to inclusive changes and the way these affect their teaching. Based on these findings, we discuss a two-pronged process that shifts the existing culture of understanding disability and welcomes diversity in schools. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26b03709c3684ec99c204cd2a18422672023-05-31T04:47:13ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-05-0195e16332Fears towards disability and their impact on teaching practices in inclusive classrooms: An empirical study with teachers in GreeceOlga Lyra0Kyriaki Koullapi1Eirini Kalogeropoulou2Inclusive Education, School of Education and Social Sciences, Frederick University, Nicosia, CyprusSchool of Education and Social Sciences, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus; Corresponding author.School of Education, Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CyprusOur research examines Greek special and general education teachers' fears toward disability and their impact on teaching in inclusive classrooms. We interviewed 12 teachers from the region of Attica (Athens) and documented attitudes and beliefs toward disability, with the goal of identifying teachers' personal sources of resistance to inclusion. Medical paradigm of understanding disability and the absence of inclusive school culture are some of the results that revealed teachers’ sources of resisting to inclusive changes and the way these affect their teaching. Based on these findings, we discuss a two-pronged process that shifts the existing culture of understanding disability and welcomes diversity in schools.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023035399FearsTeachersResistance to changeCulture of disabilityInclusive educationMental models |
| spellingShingle | Olga Lyra Kyriaki Koullapi Eirini Kalogeropoulou Fears towards disability and their impact on teaching practices in inclusive classrooms: An empirical study with teachers in Greece Heliyon Fears Teachers Resistance to change Culture of disability Inclusive education Mental models |
| title | Fears towards disability and their impact on teaching practices in inclusive classrooms: An empirical study with teachers in Greece |
| title_full | Fears towards disability and their impact on teaching practices in inclusive classrooms: An empirical study with teachers in Greece |
| title_fullStr | Fears towards disability and their impact on teaching practices in inclusive classrooms: An empirical study with teachers in Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fears towards disability and their impact on teaching practices in inclusive classrooms: An empirical study with teachers in Greece |
| title_short | Fears towards disability and their impact on teaching practices in inclusive classrooms: An empirical study with teachers in Greece |
| title_sort | fears towards disability and their impact on teaching practices in inclusive classrooms an empirical study with teachers in greece |
| topic | Fears Teachers Resistance to change Culture of disability Inclusive education Mental models |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023035399 |
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