The Effect of an Intervention on College Students' Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities and Self-Directed Mobility

Logan, SW (通讯作者),Oregon State Univ, Coll Publ Hlth & Human Sci, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA.
2022-5-4
This study delivered an intervention that included education, contact by video, an environmental assessment and reflection activity, and hands-on experiences via a university course that centred on the Go Baby Go programme. Go Baby Go involves modifying off-the-shelf, battery-operated, ride-on cars for young children with disabilities to use for self-directed mobility. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a 10-week course on college students' attitudes towards people with disabilities and self-directed mobility. Participants included 78 college students enrolled in an Honours College course related to disability (intervention group: n = 40) or unrelated to disability (control group: n = 38) and completed the Attitudes towards People with Disabilities Scale and Self-directed Mobility Scale before and after a 10-week course. The intervention included education, contact by video, an environmental assessment and reflection activity, and hands-on experiences. Participants in the intervention group displayed more favourable attitudes towards people with disabilities (p < .01) and self-directed mobility (p < .001) compared to the control group, following the intervention. Attitude interventions that include education, contact by video, an environmental assessment and reflection activity, and hands-on experiences may be a viable paedological strategy for promoting favourable attitudes towards people with disabilities and self-directed mobility.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
卷号:69|期号:3|页码:853-867
ISSN:1034-912X|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
Oregon State University; Oregon State University
被引频次(WOS)
5
被引频次(其他)
5
180天使用计数
1
2013以来使用计数
10
EISSN
1465-346X
出版年
2022-5-4
DOI
10.1080/1034912X.2020.1738011
学科领域
循证教育学
关键词
Attitudes disability experiential learning higher education intervention mobility
WOS学科分类
Education, Special Rehabilitation