Prof. Dr. Jamela Rahim Abdul Waeli, Prof. Dr. Abdul Nasser Abdul Rahim Fakhrou
Abstract
The research aims to identify:
1-The associative relationship between life space and empathy for teachers of people with disabilities.
2-The significance of the differences in the relationship between life space and sympathy according to the variable
of gender and specialization.
The sample is teachers with disabilities were chosen from the institutes of special education in Qatar. The number of
the sample members was (230) male and female teachers in special education who were chosen randomly. The two
research tools: To achieve the objectives of the research, the researchers prepared a life space scale, whose items
amounted to (32) items, and it consists of two domains. The first domain: the behavioral domain and it consists of
(13) items. The second field: the psychological environment and consists of (19) items,and the empathy scale
reached (31) items and includes three dimensions:
1-Caring for the other. It consists of (11) items,
2-Feeling the suffering of the other and consists of (9) items,
3-Providing help for the other. It consists of (11) paragraphs. The apparent validity and the structural validity of the
two scales were extracted, and its stability was calculated by using the alpha-Cronbach equation,and the alternatives
for each quintuple scale are (applicable to me a lot, apply to me, sometime apply to me, rarely apply, do not apply to
me). Never) and their weights range between (1,2,3,4,5).
The researchers adopted the following statistical methods using the statistical package SPSS. The results showed
that teachers with disabilities enjoy the life space, there are no statistically significant differences in the sex variable
in the life space of teachers with disabilities, and there are no statistically significant differences between teachers
with disabilities according to the specialization variablethat disability teachers enjoy sympathy towards the special
education categories, and there are differences.
There are no statistical differences according to the specialization variable in empathy, the results indicate the
existence of a direct correlation between life space and empathy for teachers with disabilities. There is no difference
in the relationship between life space and sympathy according to the variable of gender and specialization.
The researchers came up with some recommendations: The Ministry of Education should pay attention to the
psychological environment of special education teachers. Providing everything that teachers with disabilities need
within the environment of special education institutes so that they can master their work. In light of the results of the
research, the researchers suggested: conducting a study on the life space of university students and its relationship to
cognitive wandering. Conducting an empirical research in enhancing empathy for teachers of special education
categories.Research abstract: The research aims to identify:
1 -The associative relationship between life space and empathy for teachers of people with disabilities
2 -The significance of the differences in the relationship between life space and sympathy according to the variable
of gender and specialization