Attitudes of Preservice Teachers towards Teaching Deaf and ESL Students

Autor/inn/en	Ting, Claire; Gilmore, Linda
Titel	Attitudes of Preservice Teachers towards Teaching Deaf and ESL Students
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 37 (2012) 12, Artikel 6 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Factor Analysis; Teaching Methods; Preservice Teacher Education; Teacher Education Programs; Sign Language; Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Deafness; Preservice Teachers; Comparative Analysis; English (Second Language); English Language Learners; Attitude Measures; Teacher Expectations of Students; Self Esteem; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenanalyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Gebärdensprache; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Australien
Abstract	This study explored preservice teacher attitudes towards teaching a deaf student who uses Australian Sign Language (Auslan) compared to a student who is new to Australia and speaks Polish. The participants were 200 preservice teachers in their third or fourth year of university education. A questionnaire was created to measure attitudes, and participants were also asked to list teaching strategies they would use with the two students. A factor analysis yielded two subscales: Teacher Expectations and Teacher Confidence. Results showed that teachers had higher expectations of the Auslan student than the Polish student, and were more confident about teaching the Auslan student. Differences between the two conditions were also found for suggested teaching strategies. The findings have implications for teacher education programs. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10