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Volume 24 |
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Pakistani teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion of
students with special educational needs
Sonia Ijaz Haider1
ABSTRACT
Objective: To explore classroom teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion of students with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms and collaboration between the classroom and special education teachers in Pakistan.
Methodology: Fifty mainstream class room teacher (48 women two men) and fifty special education teachers (47 women and three men) from four schools of Lahore participated in the study. Their views were ascertained through three specially designed questionnaire exploring their attitude and knowledge towards inclusive education besides collaboration between mainstream and special education teachers.
Results: In general, teachers have positive attitudes towards inclusive education. They agree that it enhances social interaction thus minimizes negative attitude towards students with special needs. The findings also show that collaboration between the mainstream and the special education teachers is important and that there should be a clear guideline on the implementation of inclusive education.
Conclusions: More efforts are needed for teaching students with special education needs in Pakistan. The findings of the study have significant implications to the school administrators, teachers, and other stakeholders who are directly and indirectly involved in implementing inclusive education.
KEY WORDS: Special Educational Needs, Children, Inclusive education.
Pak J Med Sci July - September 2008 Vol. 24 No. 4 632-636
How to cite this article:
Haider SI. Pakistani teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion of students with special educational needs. Pak J Med Sci 2008;24(4):632-6.
Sonia Ijaz Haider
6-C, Phase-1,
Defence Housing Authority,
Lahore Cantt, Pakistan.
Correspondence
Sonia Ijaz Haider
Email: soniaijaz@yahoo.co.uk
* Received for Publication: June 13, 2008
* Revision Received: July 10, 2008
* Revision Accepted: July 22, 2008
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