The Study of Teachers’ Attitudes towards Inclusive Education Practice: The Case of Russia

• Authors: Tatyana Chepel , Saule Aubakirova , Tatyana Kulevtsova

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the present study was to investigate the attitudes of teachers and school administration towards inclusion. A distinctive feature of this study is the gradual increase in the number of its members as a result of the annual increase in the number of inclusive schools that was also reflected in the qualitative composition of the sample. The study was conducted with the use of a questionnaire distributed among teachers and school administration. The article presents the results of a 3-year study, which made it possible to track changes in their attitudes towards inclusive education. Results show that in general all the participants have a positive attitude towards inclusion. However, there is a difference between the groups of teachers and administrators, as well as the groups of teachers in rural and urban schools.

Keywords

EN

teachers; attitudes; inclusive education; administrators; Russia

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 45
• Pages: 235-246

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Tatyana Chepel

author

Saule Aubakirova

author

Tatyana Kulevtsova

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2016.45.3.19

Biblioteka Nauki

2004924