Naslov
Teachers' Attitudes toward Teaching Students with Dyslexia

Autori
Martan Valentina ; Skočić Mihić, Sanja ; Matošević Andreja

Izvornik
Croatian Journal of Education-Hrvatski Casopis za Odgoj i obrazovanje (1848-5189) 19 (2017), Sp. Ed. 3; 75-97

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
attitudes ; dyslexia ; inclusive education ; individualized teaching ; teachers

Sažetak
The aim of this paper is to examine teachers’ attitudes toward teaching students with dyslexia and to determine whether there are statistically significant differences in their attitudes regarding gender, workplace, initial education, and continual professional development. The study involved 233 elementary school teachers. The Scale of Teachers’ Attitudes toward Teaching Students with Dyslexia was used with a three-factor structure: (1) individualized teaching methods ; (2) adaptation of teaching materials and evaluation procedures ; and (3) support of classroom atmosphere and cooperation. The teachers had positive attitudes toward teaching students with dyslexia in all three dimensions. The class teachers and those trained during their initial and continuing professional development and informal education to teach students with learning difficulties had positive attitudes that were statistically more significant. In conclusion, the obtained differences in the teachers’ attitudes toward teaching students with dyslexia with regard to their professional qualifications during initial and continual professional development indicate the need for systematic teacher education, particularly considering the ways of adapting teaching materials and evaluation procedures so that students with dyslexia would receive education appropriate to their abilities and strengths at all levels of education.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijske znanosti, Logopedija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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