Open AccessAttitude of Teachers on Learning Disabilities in Children
Author(s) -
Ranjeetha Golde Vincent
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of peace, education and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-9525
pISSN - 2321-9807
DOI - 10.30954/2454-9525.01.2020.3
Subject(s) - learning disability , residence , psychology , association (psychology) , government (linguistics) , mathematics education , developmental psychology , medical education , medicine , demography , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , psychotherapist
The study was intended to compare the attitude of government and private school teachers of grades I-IV on learning disabilities in children. The results revealed that teachers of these schools had only moderate level of attitude towards learning disabilities in children. Further, a significant association was seen between demographic variables like monthly income, place of residence and present school experience and selected features related to learning disabilities. Significant association was observed with teachers’ gender; having special training to handle children with learning disabilities; having children with learning disabilities in the classroom and the attitude level of the teachers towards the same