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Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, vol.2015, pp.55-58, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
© The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.Being a qualified teacher demands gaining the necessary knowledge and skills for instruction and collaboration as well as positive attitudes toward the learners themselves. Personnel preparation programs in special education are the first step to becoming a qualified teacher, where pre-service teachers are equipped with those knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to work with students with disabilities. Special education is one area where attitudes toward students with disabilities are shown to be an important variable in teaching success. These attitudes are in part formed during the undergraduate years and shaped throughout the in-service years. Thus, knowing teacher candidates’ attitudes toward students with disabilities may have important implications for shaping personnel preparation programs in the future. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of pre-service teachers toward students with disabilities.