Michaelene M Ostrosky
Biographic Data
| ID | 4608758 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michaelene M Ostrosky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michaelene M |
| FAMILY NAME | Ostrosky |
| SIGNATURE | OSTROSKY M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2614-0717 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Learning Landscapes, caregivers, and young children
Learning Landscapes (LLs) are family‐friendly structures that transform community spaces (e.g., parks and bus stops) into engaging activities. The community structures are designed to encourage children to explore their environment while fostering developmentally supportive interactions (DSI) and learning opportunities between caregivers and children, including children with disabilities. Playful learning provided through LLs could result in deve…
Exploring how early childhood exclusionary practices persist for multiply marginalized children
Perceptions of typically developing children in India about their siblings with disabilities
In India, people with disabilities often struggle to access various opportunities and resources. As a result of perceptions within the Indian culture around disabilities, families may face social, financial, and emotional difficulties. Within the family, a child with a disability may lead to strained relationships, particularly with siblings. Often siblings have little knowledge about disabilities and may feel ostracised. The purpose of this expl…
Limited representation of individuals with disabilities in early childhood classes
UNICEF’s new Millennium Development Goals and Beyond (2015. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/) focus on the needs of the largest marginalised minority, individuals with disabilities, challenging us to examine issues related to exclusion and develop strategies for making an authentic sense of belonging and high-quality early childhood education a reality for over 93 million children with disabilities (United Nations Children’s Fund. 2006. Convent…
Factors related to pre-service teachers' attitudes towards inclusion
Inclusive education has become a global trend in the provision of services for students with disabilities. In Zambia and other developing nations, international initiatives from UNESCO and other nongovernmental organisations have contributed to the consensus that all children have a right to a free and appropriate education and that all students with disabilities should be educated in inclusive settings. This study examined Zambian university stu…
Taiwanese first-grade teachers' perceptions of inclusive education
This study investigated the influence of three types of variables (teachers' backgrounds, the current teaching situation and characteristics of students with disabilities) on Taiwanese first-grade teachers' perceptions of inclusive education. A mail survey was conducted with all first-grade teachers in a metropolitan city in central Taiwan. After excluding cases with missing data, the sample size for this study was 321. Results showed that in gen…
Using coaching to increase preschool teachers’ use of emergent literacy teaching strategies
Taiwanese first-grade teachers' perceptions of inclusive education
This study investigated the influence of three types of variables (teachers' backgrounds, the current teaching situation and characteristics of students with disabilities) on Taiwanese first-grade teachers' perceptions of inclusive education. A mail survey was conducted with all first-grade teachers in a metropolitan city in central Taiwan. After excluding cases with missing data, the sample size for this study was 321. Results showed that in gen…
Limited representation of individuals with disabilities in early childhood classes
UNICEF’s new Millennium Development Goals and Beyond (2015. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/) focus on the needs of the largest marginalised minority, individuals with disabilities, challenging us to examine issues related to exclusion and develop strategies for making an authentic sense of belonging and high-quality early childhood education a reality for over 93 million children with disabilities (United Nations Children’s Fund. 2006. Convent…
Using coaching to increase preschool teachers’ use of emergent literacy teaching strategies
Exploring how early childhood exclusionary practices persist for multiply marginalized children
Perceptions of typically developing children in India about their siblings with disabilities
In India, people with disabilities often struggle to access various opportunities and resources. As a result of perceptions within the Indian culture around disabilities, families may face social, financial, and emotional difficulties. Within the family, a child with a disability may lead to strained relationships, particularly with siblings. Often siblings have little knowledge about disabilities and may feel ostracised. The purpose of this expl…
Using coaching to increase preschool teachers’ use of emergent literacy teaching strategies
Taiwanese first-grade teachers' perceptions of inclusive education
This study investigated the influence of three types of variables (teachers' backgrounds, the current teaching situation and characteristics of students with disabilities) on Taiwanese first-grade teachers' perceptions of inclusive education. A mail survey was conducted with all first-grade teachers in a metropolitan city in central Taiwan. After excluding cases with missing data, the sample size for this study was 321. Results showed that in gen…
Factors related to pre-service teachers' attitudes towards inclusion
Inclusive education has become a global trend in the provision of services for students with disabilities. In Zambia and other developing nations, international initiatives from UNESCO and other nongovernmental organisations have contributed to the consensus that all children have a right to a free and appropriate education and that all students with disabilities should be educated in inclusive settings. This study examined Zambian university stu…
Limited representation of individuals with disabilities in early childhood classes
UNICEF’s new Millennium Development Goals and Beyond (2015. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/) focus on the needs of the largest marginalised minority, individuals with disabilities, challenging us to examine issues related to exclusion and develop strategies for making an authentic sense of belonging and high-quality early childhood education a reality for over 93 million children with disabilities (United Nations Children’s Fund. 2006. Convent…
Perceptions of typically developing children in India about their siblings with disabilities
In India, people with disabilities often struggle to access various opportunities and resources. As a result of perceptions within the Indian culture around disabilities, families may face social, financial, and emotional difficulties. Within the family, a child with a disability may lead to strained relationships, particularly with siblings. Often siblings have little knowledge about disabilities and may feel ostracised. The purpose of this expl…
Exploring how early childhood exclusionary practices persist for multiply marginalized children
Learning Landscapes, caregivers, and young children
Learning Landscapes (LLs) are family‐friendly structures that transform community spaces (e.g., parks and bus stops) into engaging activities. The community structures are designed to encourage children to explore their environment while fostering developmentally supportive interactions (DSI) and learning opportunities between caregivers and children, including children with disabilities. Playful learning provided through LLs could result in deve…
Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Inclusion (mineral (4 works) · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Early childhood (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works)