The article written by Szumski, Smogorzewska, and Grygiel from the Research in Developmental Disabilities, explores the different attitudes that arise from students and what causes them when it comes to people with disabilities. The authors lay out the different concepts that contribute to these positive and negative thoughts that students are associating with disabled people. They discuss the actual attitudes that students have and the implications of those attitudes; the determinants of when people are aware of the attitudes that they have and how they differ for people with disabilities and people without them; and they put emphasis on how prosocial behaviors are influenced by moral identity. They also include throughout all three concepts the importance of inclusive learning environments and the different effects that come out of them. The two main focuses on the study are the idea of moral identity, what causes it and what it itself causes, and the difference that learning in an inclusive environment can make. The overall results are the study are very important for future education practices because hopefully, it will decrease the negative attitudes towards people with disabilities. Not to mention, starting with younger kids is a good way to hopefully have them thinking positively their entire lives.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891422220301153
Sounds promising, though we could use a bit more context about the article and the research it contains–what age/grade levels is it focused on? what can you tell us about the methodology (i.e. does this involve surveys? case studies? constructed experiment?)? how would you describe the authors’ project (what they hope to accomplish with this research–theoretical groundwork? practical strategies?)? Knowing a bit more will help us to see the unique value of this text for our consideration.