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Teaching students with disabilities: a comparison of PETE students’ self-efficacy in South Korea and the United States

  • Seo Hee Lee EMAIL logo , Jae Hwa Kim and Samuel R. Hodge
Published/Copyright: September 13, 2023

Abstract

The twofold purpose of this study was to: (a) analyze Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) students’ self-efficacy in teaching students with disabilities and (b) examine similarities and differences in PETE students’ self-efficacy toward teaching students with disabilities between South Korea and the United States (U.S.). Grounded in self-efficacy theory, the research design was a multiple-case study. The participants were undergraduate PETE students from South Korea (n = 8 Korean students, 6 men and 2 women) and the U.S. (n = 6 White students, 5 men and 1 women). Purposive (criterion) sampling was used identifying and recruiting participants. The data sources were a demographic questionnaire and interviews via Zoom technology. The data were analyzed using within-case analysis and cross-case analysis. Four major themes were exposed, which were: (a) self-efficacy differed, (b) school-based experiences, (c) education and rights, and (d) feelings and reactions. Further, there were similarities and differences in the participants’ experiences. We discussed these findings and the implications.


Corresponding author: Seo Hee Lee, University of Wisconsin Superior, Superior, WI, USA, E-mail:

  1. Compliance with ethical standards: There was no funding for this study and there are no financial conflicts of interest related to the research reported in the manuscript.

  2. Conflict of interest: The first author declares that she has no conflict of interest.

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Received: 2022-11-13
Accepted: 2023-08-22
Published Online: 2023-09-13

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