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 Volume 10, Issue 3 (March 2023), Pages: 157-166

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 Original Research Paper

 Attitudes toward co-teaching: Perspectives on general and special education teachers in Makkah

 Author(s): 

 Shatha A. Al Hamyani, Hawazen Al-Asiri *

 Affiliation(s):

 College of Education, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9822-3004

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.03.020

 Abstract:

The aim of this study is to identify general and special education teachers’ attitudes toward co-teaching in the city of Makkah and the differences in these attitudes according to some demographic variables, such as gender, academic qualifications, years of experience, specialization, and co-teaching training. Quantitative methods were employed. A 20-item questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. The study sample consisted of 404 male and female teachers chosen randomly (301 general education teachers and 103 special education teachers). The study findings revealed high scores (M = 4.2693) for the attitudes of general and special education teachers. However, there were statistical differences in the teachers’ attitudes based on specialization in favor of special education teachers specialized in learning disabilities. Statistical differences were also found regarding training, to the benefit of those who did not receive any training courses on co-teaching. However, no significant differences could be attributed to teachers’ gender, academic qualifications, or years of experience. The findings highlight an urgent need to focus on the professional development of general and special education teachers. The Ministry of Education is urged to design comprehensive training programs to support these teachers on strategies for implementing co-teaching within their regular classes.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Attitudes, General education teachers, Special education teachers, Co-teaching

 Article History: Received 12 July 2022, Received in revised form 6 December 2022, Accepted 20 December 2022

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Al Hamyani SA and  Al-Asiri H (2023). Attitudes toward co-teaching: Perspectives on general and special education teachers in Makkah. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(3): 157-166

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