What do teachers think of death education?

Rodríguez Herrero, Pablo; Herrán Gascón, Agustín de la; Pérez-Bonet, Gregorio; Sánchez-Huete, Juan Carlos

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Autor (es)

Rodríguez Herrero, Pablo

; Herrán Gascón, Agustín de la

; Pérez-Bonet, Gregorio; Sánchez-Huete, Juan Carlos

Entidad

UAM. Departamento de Pedagogía

Editor

Routledge

Fecha de edición

2022-01-01

Cita

Death Studies 46.6 (2022): 1518 -1528

ISSN

0748-1187

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2020.1817176

Financiado por

This work was supported by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) (Spain) and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) under Grant [EDU2017- 85,296-R].; Gobierno de España. EDU2017-. 85296-R

Versión del editor

https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1817176

Materias

Educación

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10486/707065

Derechos

2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Resumen

This study sets out to address a gap in research into teachers’ attitudes and opinions toward death education. To meet this objective, two complementary instruments were designed and validated: the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers (DEAS-T), which showed suitable psychometric values, and the Death Education Questionnaire-Teachers (DEQ-T). The sample comprised 683 teachers from a range of schools. The results show moderately positive attitudes toward death education. Variables such as gender, age, type of teacher, and religious beliefs all influenced results. The findings argue in favor of the inclusion of death in education and teacher training

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