This study is aimed at assessing special education teachers' attitudes toward teaching pupils with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and at determining the role of variables associated with a positive attitude towards the children and their education. Sixty-nine special education teachers were interviewed. The interview included two multiple-choice Likert-type questionnaires, one about teachers'...

This study investigated 59 Mainland China high school biology teachers’ attitudes toward and ethical reasoning of three socioscientific issues (SSI), including genetic modification, gene therapy, and assisted reproductive technology using a survey with open-ended questions. The results indicated that the teachers’ attitudes toward the three bioethical issues are influenced by the SSI contexts. ...

Physics teachers (and teachers in general) have to face many novelties in the teaching process. They should improve their computer literacy, use progressive teaching tools and methods, support interdisciplinary relations, and integrate Information and Communication Technologies to their classes. One of the solutions of how to innovate their teaching and motivate students is integration of remot...

Purpose – This research was designed to investigate the possible relationship between the attitudes, teachers have about the condition of their classrooms when the classrooms were independently assessed. Previous research reported teachers in unsatisfactory classrooms felt frustrated and neglected to such an extent that they sometimes reported they were willing to leave the teaching profession....

Accidents in children with epilepsy are an actual concern of teachers and parents in Greece and internationally. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the knowledge and attitudes of teachers and the frequency of accidents caused by epilepsy in Greece. The study surveyed 1404 public elementary school teachers from all prefectures of the country by an anonymous questio...

objectives: inclusive education is a process of enabling all children to learn and participate effectively within mainstream school systems. it does not segregate children who have different abilities or needs. this article explores the attitudes of regular and itinerant teachers about inclusion of hearing impairment children in their schools in general education. methods: in a descriptive surv...

Teachers can play a huge role in encouraging students to use computers and can affect students’ attitudes towards computers. So understanding teachers’ beliefs and their use of computers is an important way to create effective motivational systems for teachers to use computers in the classroom in an effective way. A qualitative study (6 focus group) was carried out among Saudi High school teach...

AIM To assess Turkish school teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and misconceptions of HIV/AIDS. METHODS This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in Sivas, Middle Anatolian province of Turkey, from January to May 2009. We selected and interviewed 898 teachers using a simple systematic sampling method. RESULTS All respondents heard about AIDS. Most knew that it could be transmitted b...

Research has shown that will (positive attitudes), skill (technology competency), and tool (access to technology tools) are all essential ingredients for a teacher to effectively integrate information technology into classroom practices. This study focuses on the will, skill and tool as essential measures for the predictability of technology integration, reported by the study participants and m...

This study was intended to study the effect of personal experience and subspecialization on the knowledge of epilepsy of teachers at Czech elementary schools, and on their attitudes towards children with epilepsy and on epilepsy itself in general. 193 teachers from 10 different elementary schools in Pilsen, Czech Republic, were involved in the study. We found that teachers with personal experie...