Survey on the knowledge about dyslexia among primary Arabic school teachers

Ahmed, Samar Hendawy Mousa Said; Nassar, Jilan Fouad; Elrefaie, Dina Ahmed Elsayed

doi:10.21608/asmj.2023.239809.1174

Survey on the knowledge about dyslexia among primary Arabic school teachers

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

¹ Unit of Phoniatrics - Otorhinolaryngology Department, Banha teaching Hospital, Al Qalyubia, Egypt.

² Unit of Phoniatrics - Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

³ Unit of Phoniatrics , Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

10.21608/asmj.2023.239809.1174

Abstract

Background: Teacher’s awareness and good knowledge about dyslexia is very important in early detection and intervention of dyslexic children.
Aim of the work: The aim of this study is to estimate knowledge of Arabic teachers in primary schools about dyslexia and their attitude towards dyslexic children, in order to emphasize their roles in early detection of dyslexia and guide setting plans for proper intervention.
subjects and methods: This study went through 4 steps: I) Questionnaire design and construction. II) A pilot study to check any difficulty in understanding the questionnaire questions. III) Questionnaire application and data collection. IV) Questionnaire Validation, reliability and statistical analysis stage.
Results: The study was conducted on 168 Arabic teachers at primary schools of both sex with wide age range, different education qualification, teaching stages from 1st primary to 6th primary and different years of experience, who were randomly selected from different primary schools in Cairo and Al Qalyubia governates.
Conclusions: This current cross-sectional study that was conducted on Arabic teachers at primary schools of Qaylubia and Cairo governates revealed that: There is lack of knowledge about dyslexia among teachers. The lack of understanding of the underlying behavioral and cognitive difficulties associated with dyslexia. the inaccuracies held, may be due to not having a well previous training program. A good understanding of dyslexia is important in successfully intervening to best help those with dyslexia.

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