اثر تدريس مساق تعليم ذوي الاحتياجات في تنمية الاتجاهات نحو المعاقين لدي عينة من طلبة جامعة الحسين بن طلال

The effect of teaching a special needs education course on developing attitudes towards the disabled among a sample of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University students

This Study aimed at investigating the effect of studying the course “ Teaching Those of Special Needs “on developing the attitudes toward the handicapped among a sample of students in Al- Hussein Bin Talal University. The sample of the study included (123) students from the College of Educational Sciences who were enrolled in teaching those of special needs course during the year 2005/2006. To achieve this purpose, Al – Quraiti (1992) Scale for Measuring Attitudes Toward The Handicapped was administrated as pre and post – test procedure. The results of the study revealed that there were statistically significant differences between students’ attitudes toward the handicapped that is a positive improvement in students attitudes related to studying the course. The results also revealed that there were no a significant differences between attitudes due to student gender or academic specialization. The results of this study were discussed in light of previous and theoretical literature