Finished Graduate School

   At last, I am finished with my thesis and I am done with my final defense. It took me almost two year to finish this so I was very happy. I gave a lot of effort, time and of course money just to finish this study all for the noble intention of contributing to the "field of knowledge". Since I am done, I presently hold a Master's degree in Education major in Special Education. Anyway, here is the abstract of my study. If anyone is interested (if there is any...hehe), you may contact me so that I could give you an electronic copy.

Losabia, Jaylord S. Societal and Personal Attitudes of Elementary Teachers Toward

Persons with Disabilities. Unpublished Master of Education (Special Education) Thesis, West Visayas State University, Iloilo City, October 2014.

Abstract

This descriptive-correlational study determined the societal and personal attitudes of elementary teachers in the Division of Iloilo City. A total of 321 randomly selected respondents who are public elementary school teachers participated in the study. To gather data, two instruments were used. Modified versions of the Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Scale (ATDP) by Yuker and Block (1970) was used to assess the societal attitudes toward persons with disabilities, while the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale by Gething (1991) was used to measure the personal attitudes toward persons with disabilities. Mean and standard deviation were the descriptive statistics while the T-test for Independent Samples, One-way ANOVA and Pearson’s r Correlation, all set at.05 level of significance, were the inferential statistics used. The results revealed that whether taken as an entire group or classified according to sex, age, educational level, contact and type of disability, both the societal and personal attitudes of elementary teachers toward persons with disabilities were negative. No significant difference existed on the societal attitudes of elementary teachers when they were grouped according to sex, age, contact and type of disability. However, a significant difference was found on the societal attitudes if the respondents were grouped according to educational level, indicating that those with graduate school units or degree manifested less negative societal attitudes toward persons with disabilities. Moreover, there was no significant difference in the personal attitudes toward persons with disabilities if the respondents were classified according to sex, age, educational level, contact and type of disability.  The results also indicated a significant positive relationship between the societal and personal attitudes of elementary teachers toward persons with disabilities.