Bolton, DavidShields, Marion2023-11-012023-11-012019-02-012019-01-31<p>Shields, M. J., & Bolton, D. (2019). Head, hand and heart: An investigation of attitude change in pre-service teachers towards students with disabilities. <em>International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal, 14</em>(1), 1-10. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/icctej/vol14/iss1/4</p>1932-7846https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/icctej/vol14/iss1/4https://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/13728717<p>This paper reports on a research project conducted over a period of five years, with final-year pre-service students at a small Australian Christian tertiary education college. The study examined the students’ attitudes towards children with special needs, as measured before and after a mandatory special education course. This course focused on three aspects: the head, which constituted knowledge of characteristics of students with disabilities; the hand, which referred to knowledge of current research-based educational and supportive strategies matched to student needs; and the heart, which were attitudes of empathy, compassion, and support within a Christian framework. Strategies used by the lecturer to engender the attitude change revealed by the data are discussed.</p>en-us<p>Used by permission: the authors.</p> <p>This is an open access article made available by George Fox University's Institutional Repository <a href="https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/icctej/vol14/iss1/4%20">here</a>.</p>Christian higher educationpre-service teachersspecial needs educationJournal Article