Combined Teaching Strategies as an Attitude Changing Tool Toward Inclusive Education (Poster 2)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Twelve
  In Poster Session: Teacher and Teacher Preparation Poster Session One

Abstract

This study examines the change in the attitudes of 70 Arab pre-service teachers for special education and their professional development resulting from combining three teaching methods (personal diaries, case studies and theoretical models) in a one-semester course. This mixed-methods study includes close-ended questionnaires, open-ended questions and personal diaries. Data analyses indicate that the combination of these teaching methods significantly contributed to the positive change in pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards students with special needs. It was found that keeping a diary served as a channelling factor for positive cognitive changes, emotional experiences and physical sensations, which pre-service teachers experienced throughout the course. In addition, it was found that the case study analysis contributed to the theoretical knowledge and understanding.

Authors

• Randa Khair-Abbas, The Arab Academic College
  Presenting Author

• Remah Abu Ahmad-Khaleifa, Academic Arab College of Education
  Presenting Author

• Nariman Zaher Abu-Rahmoun, The Arab Academic College for Education
  Presenting Author