khosro rashid; leila alibolandi; Ahmad Bayat
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Education in exceptional schools has its own difficulties and characteristics. The purpose of this study was to survey and compare the compassion fatigue of five groups of exceptional school teachers (including Mentally Retarded, Learning Disorders, Blind, Deaf, and Autistic) based on age, gender and ...
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Education in exceptional schools has its own difficulties and characteristics. The purpose of this study was to survey and compare the compassion fatigue of five groups of exceptional school teachers (including Mentally Retarded, Learning Disorders, Blind, Deaf, and Autistic) based on age, gender and education factors in Hamadan, Iran. The method was correlational. One-hundred teachers of exceptional schools in Hamadan were selected by the convenience sampling method and completed the 40-items Compassion Fatigue questionnaire (Portnoy, 1996). Data were analyzed, using the SPSS-version 25 software, through running the independent samples t-test, correlation coefficient, and one-way analysis of variance. The results showed a significant and positive correlation between fatigue compassion and age (r = 0.7, P < 0.05). But there was no significant correlation between education and fatigue compassion (P < 0.05). There was a significant difference between fatigue compassion of male and female teachers of exceptional schools. Additionally, there was a significant difference between the teachers of deaf and learning disordered students with the teachers of mentally retarded, autistic, and blind students in terms of compassion fatigue (P < 0.05). Thus, fatigue compassion had a significant relationship with age, but it did not have a significant relationship with education. The levels of compassion fatigue among teachers of mentally retarded, autistic, and blind groups were significantly higher than those in teachers of deaf and learning disordered students. Thus, paying more attention to the age of the teachers as well as the type of exceptionality in students with whom the teacher works are significant for the compassion fatigue.
nayereh naghdi; bagher ghobari
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Abstract Teachers spend significant hours of a day with intellectually disabled students; thus suitable and valuable information can be extracted from their lived experiences. Present study was conducted to explore lived experiences of teachers of students with intellectual disabilities in terms of ...
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Abstract Teachers spend significant hours of a day with intellectually disabled students; thus suitable and valuable information can be extracted from their lived experiences. Present study was conducted to explore lived experiences of teachers of students with intellectual disabilities in terms of characteristics, behaviors, reactions and interactions between themselves and students with intellectual disabilities. Present study employed a phenomenological research conducted via the semi-structured interview technique of data collection. Therefore, 19 participants were selected based on the inclusion criteria among teachers of students with intellectual disabilities. To analyze data, Colaizzi’s method was employed. After extracting themes and categorizing them, 5 main themes including changes in beliefs, the lack of coordination in providing services, the effect of career stress on personal life , coaching requirements and parents’ expectations as well. Moreover, fifteen subthemes were identified. The relationship of the main themes and subthemes are presented in the article. Exploring lived experiences of teachers indicated that this affected group are influenced by their students with intellectual disability in one way or another way may influence the students in different ways. Thus the teachers’ lived experiences can be used for solving students’, parents’, and teachers’ problems.
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Teacher beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing, play an important role in his behavior and consequently in beliefs and learning of his students. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between epistemological beliefs and teaching self-efficacy of teachers of students with ...
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Teacher beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing, play an important role in his behavior and consequently in beliefs and learning of his students. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between epistemological beliefs and teaching self-efficacy of teachers of students with special needs. 84 teachers working in special and learning disabilities schools were tested. Because of the small size, the entire statistical population were selected as sample. To measure the research variables, was used Bayless’s Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire and Bandura’s teacher self efficacy. Data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation, multiple regression (enter method) and one-way analysis of variance. The findings showed that in level of 99 percent a reverse and significant relation was found between the scores of belief in innate ability (r=-0.356), simple Knowledge (r=-0.34) and certain knowledge (r=-0.29) with the score of teaching self-efficacy. Overall, dimensions of epistemological beliefs can explain 18% of the variance in teachers' teaching efficacy. Also, the results showed that the group of teachers of mentally retarded and blind-deaf, compared with groups of learning disabilities’ teachers, have more immature epistemological beliefs; and teachers of mentally retarded group compared with groups of teachers of learning disabilities, have lower teaching self-efficacy. Findings from this study make emphasize on the development of epistemological beliefs and the use of appropriate strategies for promotion of teachers’ teaching self-efficacy –particular– in group of teachers of mentally retarded students.