DYSLEXIA, AWARENESS AND DISCRIMINATORY POTENTIAL : Perceptions of dyslexia among teachers in primary schools in Prishtina

Background The most common reading disability is dyslexia. This reading disability encompasses various symptoms such as poor spelling outcomes, reading fluency and difficulties in expressing oneself. Failur to diagnose children coping with dyslexia is a potential risk of discrimination and social ex...

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Main Author: Jusufi, Qefsere
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Language:English
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, SA 2014
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-lnu-342092014-05-20T05:13:30ZDYSLEXIA, AWARENESS AND DISCRIMINATORY POTENTIAL : Perceptions of dyslexia among teachers in primary schools in PrishtinaengJusufi, QefsereLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, SA2014Dyslexiateachers awarenesschildren with dyslexianormalization/SRVattribution theoryBackground The most common reading disability is dyslexia. This reading disability encompasses various symptoms such as poor spelling outcomes, reading fluency and difficulties in expressing oneself. Failur to diagnose children coping with dyslexia is a potential risk of discrimination and social exclusion. Aim The aim of this Master thesis is to explore if the primary school teachers in Prishtina are conscious of the term dyslexia. This provides a better understanding of teacher’s perceptions about dyslexia and to which extent they are aware of it. An additional purpose is to investigate teachers’ awareness of their responsibilities to provide equal opportunities for these children. Method A qualitative research, using an open-ended and semi-structured questionnaire had been utilized to collect data about teacher’s awareness and knowledge concerning dyslexia and its issues. The texts provided by the surveys were subjected to thematic analysis. Result The results of the presented qualitative research helped to understand the awareness of the primary teachers in Prishtina concerning the term dyslexia. The findings showed that most of the teachers heard about dyslexia, but demonstrated clear misconceptions of what dyslexia is. Even though the majority of teachers had misconception of dyslexia, more than half of them considered their role as very important to provide equal opportunities for children coping with dyslexia. Conclusion One of the significant findings to emerge from this thesis is that the primary teacher's of Prishtina have misconceptions about dyslexia. The results of this study support the idea that due to the lack of knowledge among teachers about dyslexia, children coping with dyslexia might be at risk of discrimination and exclusion comparing to other children. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-34209application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Dyslexia
teachers awareness
children with dyslexia
normalization/SRV
attribution theory
spellingShingle Dyslexia
teachers awareness
children with dyslexia
normalization/SRV
attribution theory
Jusufi, Qefsere
DYSLEXIA, AWARENESS AND DISCRIMINATORY POTENTIAL : Perceptions of dyslexia among teachers in primary schools in Prishtina
description Background The most common reading disability is dyslexia. This reading disability encompasses various symptoms such as poor spelling outcomes, reading fluency and difficulties in expressing oneself. Failur to diagnose children coping with dyslexia is a potential risk of discrimination and social exclusion. Aim The aim of this Master thesis is to explore if the primary school teachers in Prishtina are conscious of the term dyslexia. This provides a better understanding of teacher’s perceptions about dyslexia and to which extent they are aware of it. An additional purpose is to investigate teachers’ awareness of their responsibilities to provide equal opportunities for these children. Method A qualitative research, using an open-ended and semi-structured questionnaire had been utilized to collect data about teacher’s awareness and knowledge concerning dyslexia and its issues. The texts provided by the surveys were subjected to thematic analysis. Result The results of the presented qualitative research helped to understand the awareness of the primary teachers in Prishtina concerning the term dyslexia. The findings showed that most of the teachers heard about dyslexia, but demonstrated clear misconceptions of what dyslexia is. Even though the majority of teachers had misconception of dyslexia, more than half of them considered their role as very important to provide equal opportunities for children coping with dyslexia. Conclusion One of the significant findings to emerge from this thesis is that the primary teacher's of Prishtina have misconceptions about dyslexia. The results of this study support the idea that due to the lack of knowledge among teachers about dyslexia, children coping with dyslexia might be at risk of discrimination and exclusion comparing to other children.
author Jusufi, Qefsere
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title DYSLEXIA, AWARENESS AND DISCRIMINATORY POTENTIAL : Perceptions of dyslexia among teachers in primary schools in Prishtina
title_short DYSLEXIA, AWARENESS AND DISCRIMINATORY POTENTIAL : Perceptions of dyslexia among teachers in primary schools in Prishtina
title_full DYSLEXIA, AWARENESS AND DISCRIMINATORY POTENTIAL : Perceptions of dyslexia among teachers in primary schools in Prishtina
title_fullStr DYSLEXIA, AWARENESS AND DISCRIMINATORY POTENTIAL : Perceptions of dyslexia among teachers in primary schools in Prishtina
title_full_unstemmed DYSLEXIA, AWARENESS AND DISCRIMINATORY POTENTIAL : Perceptions of dyslexia among teachers in primary schools in Prishtina
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