Effect of a Disability Course on Prospective Educators' Attitudes Toward Individuals with Mental Retardation.
Prospective educators who completed a course about social work with disabilities were participants in a study that investigated whether attitudes toward individuals with mental retardation (MR) would be enhanced by the information provided in the course. The quasi-experimental design of the study in...
| Publicado en: | DOMES: Digest of Middle East Studies Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 12 - 30 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Spr 2007
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| Sumario: | Prospective educators who completed a course about social work with disabilities were participants in a study that investigated whether attitudes toward individuals with mental retardation (MR) would be enhanced by the information provided in the course. The quasi-experimental design of the study involved a control group together with a pretest and a posttest, and several demographic and experiential variables. The study used a version of the Mental Retardation Attitude Inventory-Revised that Kandari and Salih (in press) adapted for the Kuwaiti culture. Results revealed that the course did not influence students' attitudes toward individuals with MR. The authors discussed the findings in relation to determining the changes needed in the course's curriculum and evaluating the information provided for prospective educators in order for them to support the integration of individuals with MR into mainstream society. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] |
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