Attitude Towards Students with Disabilities in Hosanna College of Teachers Education
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective of the study was to examine and see the attitude of students without disabilitytowards
students with disability and experience of students with disability in Hosanna College of Teacher
Education. Accordingly, the following basic research questions were proposed in the present study.
In order to find out answers for the above research questions the researcher drew 200 participants
(13.5%) out of the total population (1485) population who were pursuing their study in 2006 E.C. 133
male and 67 female studentswere selected from Hosanna College of teacher education by using stratified
random sampling. The close ended questionnaire was used to collect data from students without
disability to know the information about disability, open ended questionnaire were used to collect data
from 10 instructors about challenging experiences of students with disability, attitude scales of five point
Likert Scale was used to collect data from students without disability about the attitude of students
towards disability, focus group discussion was used to collect data from Special Needs Education
Department, student union and classroom monitors of 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd year Special Needs Education
students about the challenging experiences and opportunities of students with disability and finally case
study(three case studies) was planned to collect data from students with disability about the challenging
experiences and opportunities of students with disability at Hosanna College of Teachers Education.
From the inspection of the data analysis, there was no significant mean score difference between males
and females of students on attitude towards students with disability. There was statistically significant
difference in the mean score of attitude towards students with disability across the three year level (1 st,
2 nd , 3rd year level). The qualitative data indicated that the most common type of disability among students
in Hosanna College of Teacher Education were visual, hearing and physical disability. The qualitative
data obtained from instructors also indicated that the problems encountered by students with disability
were related to materials (resources), college physical environment (class room setting, buildings etc.)
and teaching methods
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Disablities in Hosanna College of Teachers Education