Search

The objective of this study was to determine the impact of a MOOC on the attitudes of preservice and in-service teachers toward education on death. The study adopted a pre- and post-test design. Participants (N=139) answered the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers (DEAS-T) questionnaire at the beginning and end of the course. The results confirmed significant differences between the pre- and post-course applications in the three scale factors--need for training in the Pedagogy of Death, inclusion of death in education, and educational awareness of death. Open-access, free, mass training through a MOOC could have a positive impact on attitudes toward death education among both pre- and in-service teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of a study setting out to identify changes in the construction of social representations held by members of the academic and student community concerning the active participation at their university of students with intellectual impairments. The approach was qualitative, with phenomenological methodology, a case study, and in-depth interviews as the data-gathering instrument. The sample comprised 15 participants from different groups at a Chilean university (senior managers, academic managers, teachers and students) which offers a programme for young people with intellectual impairments. The most important results are that, in the areas of socialization and participation, elements of exclusion and social representations based on deficits still persist. Our conclusions enable the creation of educational and administrative guidelines for strengthening inclusiveness in university programmes for both students with intellectual impairments and whole university community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]