Attitudes about inclusion by educators and physical educators: Effects of participation in an inclusive adapted physical education program

• Autor(a) principal: Mauerberg-DeCastro, Eliane [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: De Souza Paiva, Ana Clara [UNESP], Figueiredo, Gabriela Andreeta [UNESP], Da Costa, Thais Delamuta Ayres [UNESP], De Castro, Marcela Rodrigues [UNESP], Campbell, Debra Frances [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-65742013000300017; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/227266
• topic: Adapted physical education; Attitudes; Inclusion

This study assessed the attitudes about the inclusion of students with disability by professionals in education and health, relative to their experience and training. We compared three groups: 20 teachers and trainees who worked in an adapted physical education program (GI); 75 professionals from the municipal education system of Rio Claro subdivided according to their experience-CGyes e CGno, respectively, with and without experience. We used the inventory adapted by Palla (2001) to assess participants' attitudes and self-concepts. Overall, individuals in the group that participated in the intervention maintained their tendency of being favorable toward inclusion. Teachers in regular school settings in the municipal school system of Rio Claro (São Paulo, Brazil), regardless of their experience with inclusive settings, remain mostly indecisive about the benefits of inclusion.