Teachers' Perceptions on What Inclusion Needs

• Authors: Ženija Bērziņa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A decade has passed since the equal right of all children to quality education regardless of their mental or physical abilities was declared by the Education Law (Izglītības likums, 1998). During that interlude, the Latvian educational system went through a period of tremendous change from total segregation of children with special needs in special schools to so-called "correction" classes in general schools, then to the special classes in general schools and finally to inclusion of special needs children in regular classrooms. Thus, the idea of inclusive education has been developed and implemented in various forms, which causes people to have a different understanding of what inclusive education means and impedes children with special needs from learning together with their peers in general classrooms. This article reflects on the findings of a qualitative study that was designed and conducted to investigate different perceptions of pre-school and primary school teachers on the preconditions for inclusive education.

Keywords

EN

inclusion of children with special needs; inclusive school; inclusive school culture

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-84

Dates

published

2010-01-01

online

2010-06-07

Contributors

author

Ženija Bērziņa

• Daugavpils University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10099-009-0048-8