Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service teachers' concerns about including diverse learners in their classrooms. The study identified which concerns they ranked highest and lowest and which types of diversity they were most concerned about. The study also compared results in relation to demographic variables of gender, year and major.

Design/methodology/approach

Data collection relied on the Concerns about Inclusive Education Scale administered online with 343 pre-service teachers enrolled in higher education in Thailand. Analysis aimed to identify what were the highest categories of concerns as well as any significant relationships between concerns and demographic variables of gender, year and major. Analysis also identified the types of diversity about which pre-service teachers were most concerned along with any significant relationships between types of diversity and gender, year and major.

Findings

Results revealed that pre-service teachers ranked lack of resources as their highest concern about teaching diverse learners. Analysis revealed a significant difference for gender with females (p = 0.014) having a significantly higher level of concern about lack of resources than males. Mental health disabilities along with physical and learning disabilities were ranked highest in terms of types of diversity about which they were most concerned. There were no statistically significant differences for demographics regarding type of diversity about which teachers were most concerned.

Originality/value

There is a lack of research related to higher education's role in preparing teachers to teach in contexts of diversity. This study goes beyond traditional definitions to include 12 types of diversity.

中文翻译：

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职前教师对多样性的担忧

目的

本研究的目的是调查职前教师对在课堂中包括不同学习者的担忧。该研究确定了他们排名最高和最低的关注点，以及他们最关注的多样性类型。该研究还比较了与性别、年份和专业等人口统计变量相关的结果。

设计/方法/方法

数据收集依赖于在线管理的全纳教育量表，有 343 名在泰国接受高等教育的职前教师。分析旨在确定什么是最高的关注类别，以及关注与性别、年份和专业的人口统计变量之间的任何重要关系。分析还确定了职前教师最关心的多样性类型，以及多样性类型与性别、年份和专业之间的任何重要关系。

发现

结果显示，职前教师将缺乏资源列为他们对教授多样化学习者的最关心的问题。分析显示，性别差异显着，女性 ( p  = 0.014) 对资源缺乏的担忧程度明显高于男性。心理健康障碍以及身体和学习障碍在他们最关心的多样性类型方面排名最高。对于教师最关心的多样性类型，人口统计学没有显着差异。

原创性/价值

缺乏与高等教育在培养教师在多元化背景下教学方面的作用相关的研究。这项研究超越了传统的定义，包括了 12 种类型的多样性。