The influence of teaching variables in the educational processes of students with rare diseases

IntroductionTeachers have a key role in their students’ educational inclusion processes. Numerous variables influence their professional work and determine how they approach teaching.MethodsIn this study, 574 teachers teaching non-university educational stages in the Autonomous Community of Castilla...

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Main Authors: Ramón García-Perales, Ascensión Palomares-Ruiz, Eduardo García-Toledano, María Inés Martín-García
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1046643/full
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author Ramón García-Perales
Ascensión Palomares-Ruiz
Eduardo García-Toledano
María Inés Martín-García
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Ascensión Palomares-Ruiz
Eduardo García-Toledano
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description IntroductionTeachers have a key role in their students’ educational inclusion processes. Numerous variables influence their professional work and determine how they approach teaching.MethodsIn this study, 574 teachers teaching non-university educational stages in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha were queried about their knowledge and perceptions regarding students with rare diseases, examining the extent to which there were personal variables that could have an impact on that.ResultsThe results indicate the need to expand training to increase levels of knowledge in the educational arena about rare diseases, especially about how they are conceptually described and their categorization and prevalence. All of the teaching variables evaluated were statistically significant, with p < 0.001 in most of the elements evaluated according to each of the following variables: sex, age, job position, teaching experience, and higher qualifications. This shows that there are teaching variables that influence the inclusion of students with rare diseases. Being aware of them should be a priority in order to increase teacher empowerment for the delivery of inclusive educational processes.DiscussionAll students exhibit distinctive characteristics and teachers play an essential role in offering them quality individualized education. The full inclusion of all students is something educational systems have yet to achieve, and this study aimed to contribute to that goal, in this case for schoolchildren with rare diseases.
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spelling doaj.art-eca57c93719c42e7a121236e4d8c85022023-01-19T09:20:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-01-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10466431046643The influence of teaching variables in the educational processes of students with rare diseasesRamón García-PeralesAscensión Palomares-RuizEduardo García-ToledanoMaría Inés Martín-GarcíaIntroductionTeachers have a key role in their students’ educational inclusion processes. Numerous variables influence their professional work and determine how they approach teaching.MethodsIn this study, 574 teachers teaching non-university educational stages in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha were queried about their knowledge and perceptions regarding students with rare diseases, examining the extent to which there were personal variables that could have an impact on that.ResultsThe results indicate the need to expand training to increase levels of knowledge in the educational arena about rare diseases, especially about how they are conceptually described and their categorization and prevalence. All of the teaching variables evaluated were statistically significant, with p < 0.001 in most of the elements evaluated according to each of the following variables: sex, age, job position, teaching experience, and higher qualifications. This shows that there are teaching variables that influence the inclusion of students with rare diseases. Being aware of them should be a priority in order to increase teacher empowerment for the delivery of inclusive educational processes.DiscussionAll students exhibit distinctive characteristics and teachers play an essential role in offering them quality individualized education. The full inclusion of all students is something educational systems have yet to achieve, and this study aimed to contribute to that goal, in this case for schoolchildren with rare diseases.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1046643/fullteachingrare diseasesknowledgeperceptionsinclusive education
spellingShingle Ramón García-Perales
Ascensión Palomares-Ruiz
Eduardo García-Toledano
María Inés Martín-García
The influence of teaching variables in the educational processes of students with rare diseases
Frontiers in Psychology
teaching
rare diseases
knowledge
perceptions
inclusive education
title The influence of teaching variables in the educational processes of students with rare diseases
title_full The influence of teaching variables in the educational processes of students with rare diseases
title_fullStr The influence of teaching variables in the educational processes of students with rare diseases
title_full_unstemmed The influence of teaching variables in the educational processes of students with rare diseases
title_short The influence of teaching variables in the educational processes of students with rare diseases
title_sort influence of teaching variables in the educational processes of students with rare diseases
topic teaching
rare diseases
knowledge
perceptions
inclusive education
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1046643/full
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