TITLE:
An Approach to Obligatory Secondary Education Teachers’ Perception Regarding Orientation Processes and Response to Diversity
AUTHORS:
Milagros De la Rosa Hormiga, David Pérez-Jorge, Candelaria de la Merced Díaz-González, María del Carmen Rodríguez Jiménez, María Sandra Marrero Morales
KEYWORDS:
Diversity, Secondary Education, Attention to Diversity, Specific Educational Support Needs (SESN)
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.6 No.5,
April
16,
2015
ABSTRACT: The fact
of providing the adequate attention to the educational needs of students in the
school context is a challenge that requires both from teachers and parents the
development of a set of competencies to let them maximize their capacities both
individually and socially. Objective: To design an instrument to evaluate the
teachers’ degree of knowledge regarding the treatment of diversity in secondary
school centers and the effectiveness of the education response obtained from
them. Sample: 101 teachers from five educational centers in the northern region
of the island of Tenerife. Instrument: The questionnaire “Questionnaire on attitudes towards the attention to diversity and
orientation processes in Obligatory Secondary Education (CADESO)”. Conclusion: The internal
consistency of the proposed instrument, in general terms, has been proved to be
satisfactory. It can be stated that this questionnaire appears to be a useful
and reliable instrument to measure the objectives proposed in the study.