The Impact of an in-Service Program on The Attitudes of Teachers Toward Mainstreaming Handicapped Students

This investigation used an in-service program with eight characteristics in an attempt to positively effect classroom teacher attitudes toward the integration of handicapped students into a regular classroom. The characteristics of the in-service program were: (1) the teachers in the in-service program will participate voluntarily, (2) the building principal will be an active participant in the in-service program, (3) the teacher's knowledge of the objectives of the in-service program and the rationale for these objectives will be made explicit, (4) the rationale as to how these objectives were selected will be made known to the teachers, (5) the in-service program will be designed for a group of teachers holding a common purpose within a single school, (6) the in-service program will consist of a broad range of activities, (7) the teachers will have continued access to needed resources after the in-service program is completed, and (8) the in-service program will be made available to other non-participating teachers in the schools of the participants.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Wlodarczyk, Steven Albert

• Education, Teacher Training

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8203638

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68768