Instrument to measure teachers'' attitudes towards the teaching of English to pupils with learning difficulties



Document title: Instrument to measure teachers'' attitudes towards the teaching of English to pupils with learning difficulties
Journal: Horizonte pedagógico (La Habana)
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System number: 000568342
ISSN: 2310-3648
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1"Enrique José Varona" University of Pedagogical Sciences,
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Volumen: 11
Number: 3
Pages: 12-21
Country: Cuba
Language: Español
English abstract The English teacher"s attitude is an important predictor of good educative practices. It consists of three essential components, cognitive, affective and behavioural. The article describes the procedures used to validate the instrument "A Scale to measure Foreign Language Teachers" Attitude Towards Inclusive English Language Education to Pupils with Learning Difficulties in Primary and Special Schools". A non-experimental descriptive research approach has been used, with a mixed paradigm based on the materialist dialectical method. The findings reveal indecisive attitudes of the teachers in its three components towards the inclusive teaching of English to students with learning difficulties in primary and special schools. The scale has evidenced to be useful to measure the attitude of both in - service English teachers and teachers - to - be.
Spanish abstract La actitud del profesor de inglés es un predictor importante de buenas prácticas educativas. Se integra por tres componentes esenciales, el cognitivo, el afectivo y el conductual. El artículo describe el procedimiento utilizado para validar el instrumento "Escala para medir las Actitudes de Profesores de Lenguas Extranjera hacia la enseñanza inclusiva a educandos con dificultades en el aprendizaje en escuelas primarias y especiales". Se utilizó un enfoque de investigación no experimental, de tipo descriptiva y paradigma mixto a partir del método dialéctico materialista como método general. Los resultados indican que los profesores presentan actitudes indecisas en sus tres componentes. La escala demuestra utilidad en la medición de las actitudes de profesores de inglés en formación y en ejercicio. AbstractThe English teacher"s attitude is an important predictor of good educative practices. It consists of three essential components, cognitive, affective and behavioural. The article describes the procedures used to validate the instrument "A Scale to measure Foreign Language Teachers" Attitude Towards Inclusive English Language Education to Pupils with Learning Difficulties in Primary and Special Schools". A non-experimental descriptive research approach has been used, with a mixed paradigm based on the materialist dialectical method. The findings reveal indecisive attitudes of the teachers in its three components towards the inclusive teaching of English to students with learning difficulties in primary and special schools. The scale has evidenced to be useful to measure the attitude of both in - service English teachers and teachers - to - be.Key words: attitude, teachers, English, learning difficulties
Keyword: attitude, teachers, English, learning difficulties
Keyword: attitude,
teachers,
English,
learning difficulties
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