Description
Inclusive education is a teaching approach aimed at educating all students in general classrooms independent of diversity features such as special educational needs, giftedness, or migration. To successfully implement inclusive education, teachers need to be equipped with positive beliefs towards inclusive education (e.g., attitude, self-efficacy), knowledge about diverse needs of their students and skills to address these needs. Usually teachers are supported through receiving professional development, where teachers come together to receive training, but are left alone with the implementation. Are these professional development opportunities effective in supporting teachers to develop the necessary knowledge, beliefs and skills? In order to address this question a systematic meta-analysis was conducted. The screening of the 12,050 search results revealed 685 eligible studies. Preliminary analyses with a small sample of 16 publications revealed a significant positive effect of professional development participation on teachers' attitude towards inclusion (d=0.468, p<0.001). Additional moderation analyses on the effects of program design characteristics are planned. The planned study will be able to provide an insight into the impact of professional development participation of teachers on the implementation of inclusive education and the design of effective programs.| Period | 10 Jul 2022 |
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| Event title | JURE (Junior Researchers of EARLI) 2022 |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Porto, PortugalShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |