scholarly journals Parent Perspectives on Inclusive Education in Rural Alberta, Canada

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Loreman ◽  
Donna McGhie-Richmond ◽  
Jennifer Barber ◽  
Judy Lupart
Keyword(s):  
School District ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Parent Perspectives ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Future Work

This paper is one of a series of papers examining inclusive education in the con-text of a rural Canadian school district that has adopted a philosophy of inclusion. The results of a survey of 438 parents on their views about aspects of inclusive education at their youngest child’s school are reported. The results indi-cate that the majority of parents were generally positive in their views about and experiences with the inclusive school environment and links to the local communi-ty; however, parents were by no means unanimous in their level of comfort with inclusive education. Tensions were found to exist, and differences in the expe-rience of parents of children who had identified exceptionalities were evident. This study points to the paucity of research on parents and inclusive education and provides some direction for future work in the area.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Knowledge and Understanding Toward Learning-Friendly Education for Children with Disabilities in Inclusive School

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Permata Primadhita Nugraheni ◽  
Abdul Salim ◽  
M Furqon Hidayatullah
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Teacher's Knowledge

Children with disabilities are commonly defined by a child that requires special needs in their everyday life aspects. They may have extensive needs in education, social, healthcare, and psychological health. Children with disabilities have the rights to be educated in various placements, from special school to inclusive school alongside their normal peers. An inclusive school being called learning-friendly when all of the elements of Learning-Friendly school environment that are already been established are addressed. Every member of inclusive school should acknowledge those elements, including the teacher. The aim of this research is to evaluate the teachers’ knowledge and understanding about learning-friendly education among inclusive school under the purview of The Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affair. This study was using a quantitative research method. The data collection technique used is a rating scale with 18-item questions. The result of this research found that most of the teachers (89%) showed a moderate to low level of knowledge and understanding about learning-friendly inclusive education for children with disabilities. While another 11% of teachers had a good knowledge about the concept of friendly education for children with disabilities. Overall, teacher’s knowledge and understanding are in moderate to low level. Furthermore, there is a need to improve teachers’ knowledge and understanding about friendly-education for children with disabilities in inclusive school.

Inclusive school environment and mechanisms for the emergence of segregation barriers in school

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Nina Cebotaru
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
The World ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Educational Structures ◽  
Educational Inclusion

Both internationally and nationally there is an ongoing debate on the benefits of including children with special educational needs in the educational structures alongside their peers. School integration of children with special educational needs creates discussions, disputes, but it is a tendency throughout the world. Inclusive education encompasses this discussion and, in addition, the orientation towards quality and efficiency of the entire educational system, formal and non-formal. Some parents, specialists and even people with disabilities argue that a person who is prevented from participating with his or her peers in general schools is denied the fundamental right to education. Others, on the contrary, assert that by integrating into the general schools many children with special needs are not assured of meeting their needs. Therefore, these different opinions and circumstances have influenced the purpose of the present paper; that consists in the deeper study of awareness and practices in the field of educational inclusion of children with special educational needs (SEN) at school and community level.

Principals’ and School Leaders’ Roles in Inclusive Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Pazey ◽  
Bertina Combes
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Full Membership ◽  
Special Education Leadership ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Values And Beliefs

The United States and other developed countries have acknowledged and supported the rights of students with disabilities to receive an appropriate education for decades. The role of the principal and school leader in overseeing educational programs and ensuring these entitlements become a reality for students with disabilities has taken center stage. Discussions related to principals and school leaders fulfilling the roles of leader and manager on behalf of students with disabilities linked the complementary disciplines of general and special education leadership. The leadership approach they adopted led to debates surrounding the concept of inclusion and the provision of an inclusive education on behalf of students with disabilities. Current definitions of inclusive education are typically linked to concepts of equity, social justice, and recognition of the student’s civil right to be granted full membership in all aspects of the educational enterprise. The processes involved in creating an inclusive school environment require principals and school leaders to examine the values and beliefs that influence their own thinking and behaviors before they can communicate a vision of inclusion. Principals and school leaders must be willing to act in concert with others to create the type of school culture that unanimously and positively responds to difference so every student can achieve full membership and feel welcomed and valued.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI PENDIDIKAN INKLUSIF SEBAGAI PERUBAHAN PARADIGMA PENDIDIKAN DI INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (26) ◽  
pp. 175-187
Author(s):  
Mochamad Irvan ◽  
Muhammad Nurrohman Jauhari
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Inclusive Schools ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Field Observation Data ◽  
The Right

The aim of implementing Inclusive education is providing opportunities for all students to fulfill the right of children with disabilities that is to learn together with other students in a school environment. The implementation of inclusive schools should initiate an inclusive culture, and a friendly environment for children with disabilities. The writing of this article aims to examine the implementation of inclusive education in Indonesia. The data are processed, obtained through literature study, interview, and field observation. Data collected are analyzed using qualitative approach. The data obtained shows that the implementation of inclusive school has not been evenly distributed in every region, not have adequate accessibility yet, and not fulfillment of competent educator in special education field yet. Based on the analysis it can be concluded that the implementation of inclusive education requires the function of supervision, assistance, and evaluation to support the positive progress of inclusive education in terms of both quantity and quality.

EXISTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PRACTICES IN INDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Madhavi
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Process Implementation

In Inclusive Education each child should have the opportunity to experience meaningful challenges, exercise choice and responsibility, interact collaboratively with others, and be actively engaged in developmental, academic, non-academic, inter and intra personal activities as part of the educational process. Implementation of the plans, programmes and actions depend upon continuous community support, broad planning, training and evaluation. An adapted school environment is needed to suit the need of every child with disabilities.

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE TYPES OF SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE SITUATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
O. A. Belyaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
The Individual

The ideas of the article are based on the high social significance of discussing the practices of inclusive interaction in various spheres of life and ensuring the variability of approaches to the integration of children with special educational needs into the general education system. On the basis of the environmental approach in education, presented in the works of domestic and foreign authors, the basic principles are outlined and the general difficulties of the functioning of inclusive practice at the present stage are identified. The strategy of applying the vector approach to the examination and modeling of the environment of inclusive interaction and designing ways to improve it for the organization of psychological and pedagogical support of the educational process in school is justified. On the basis of the generalized results of the survey of teachers who organize the education of children with disabilities in non-specialized classes, the features and the type of relations that are currently developing in the joint education of schoolchildren with different educational needs during their integration into a single educational space are characterized. Using the methodology of psychological and pedagogical expertise of the school environment, the typification of the most characteristic influences exerted at modern schools on a child with a developmental disorder is carried out. The emerging dominant modality of the educational environment, its orientation to the development of relationships between teachers and peers, based on the priority of stimulating the activity of the individual with different degrees of manifestation of its freedom or dependence, is revealed. The article describes potential capabilities of each of the diagnosed types of environment in terms of its resources for ensuring freedom of choice of activities, stimulating activity, developing students' independence, and forming their personal characteristics. The diagnosed priority of creative and career-oriented orientation allowed us to draw conclusions about the currently established approaches to the inclusion of children with deviant development in the environment of normotypic peers.

scholarly journals Inclusive Education for Students with Disability

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 00039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikhfi Imaniah ◽  
Nurul Fitria
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Academic Communication ◽  
Future 2 ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Guidance Teacher

This paper identifies and discusses major issues and trends in special education in Indonesia, including implications of trends for the future developments. Trends are discussed for the following areas: (1) inclusion and integration, issues will remain unresolved in the near future; (2) early childhood and postsecondary education with disability students, special education will be viewed as lifespan schooling; (3) transitions and life skills, these will receive greater emphasis; and (4) consultation and collaboration, more emphasis but problems remain. Moreover, the participant of the study in this paper was an autism student of twelve years old who lived at Maguwoharjo, Yogyakarta. This study was qualitative with case study as an approach of the research. The researchers conclude the autism that has good academic, communication and emotional skill are able to go to integrated school accompanied by guidance teacher. But in practice, inclusive education in Indonesia is inseparable from stakeholders ranging from government and institutions such as schools, educators, school environment, community and parents to support the goal of inclusive education itself. Adequate infrastructure also needs to be given to the school that organizes inclusive education for an efficient and effective students understanding learning-oriented of inclusive education. In short, every child has the same opportunity in education, yet for special education which is aimed at student with special educational needs.

scholarly journals Inclusive Education: Perception of Visually Impaired Students, Students Without Disability, and Teachers in Ghana

SAGE Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401880779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Asamoah ◽  
Kwadwo Ofori-Dua ◽  
Ebenezer Cudjoe ◽  
Alhassan Abdullah ◽  
Joy Ato Nyarko
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Equal Educational Opportunities ◽  
Depth Interviews

The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of visually impaired students, their peers without disabilities, and teachers about inclusive education, focusing on a second cycle educational institution in the Eastern region of Ghana implementing inclusive education for the visually impaired. In this study, we collected data from 23 visually impaired students, 27 students without disabilities, and 19 teachers in the inclusive school. Data were collected through semistructured in-depth interviews. This study followed a phenomenological approach, reporting findings from participants’ own words. The study findings revealed that visually impaired students and some teachers supported inclusion while a number of students without disabilities disliked the practice. Some teachers indicated that the idea of inclusive education is a good way to ensure equal educational opportunities. The study concludes that Ghanaian teachers in inclusive schools should be equipped with training to teach students with disabilities.

The Transition to School Among Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Children: Teacher and Parent Perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-407
Author(s):  
Anat Zaidman-Zait ◽  
Brenda T Poon ◽  
Deirdre Curle ◽  
Janet R Jamieson ◽  
Nancy Norman
Keyword(s):  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Parent Perspectives ◽  
Transition To School ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Teacher Reports ◽  
Hearing Children ◽  
Teachers Perspectives

AbstractAlthough entry into the school system is a major milestone in the lives of young d/Deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) children and their families, relatively little is known about parents’ and teachers’ experiences and perspectives of this important transition. The aims of this study were to describe parents’ concerns during their children’s transition from early intervention to school, to describe practices available for families of DHH children, and to explore parents’ and teachers’ perspectives regarding practices that support a smooth transition to school. Parents (N = 40) and teachers (N = 37) of the deaf and hard of hearing completed surveys examining their experiences and perspectives on DHH children’s transition to school. Among concerns expressed among parents was their child’s ability to participate successfully in an inclusive school setting, as well as the level of supports their child would receive. Teachers reported numerous policies and practices that supported the transition to school, emphasizing high-intensity practices often used to gather information about the child and set accommodations in place. Parent and teacher reports on facilitators for the transition are compared and contrasted. Recommendations for research and practice are provided.

scholarly journals Implementacija i provedba inkluzivnog odgoja i obrazovanja u sustavu redovnih škola

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1.) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matilda Karamatić Brčić
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
Educational Need ◽  
The Right ◽  
Educational Inclusion

Implementation and educational inclusion in school is a relevant topic for pedagogical and social context because it implies the acceptance and appreciation of differences among children as incentives, rather than obstacles in the process of teaching and learning. On the UNESCO World Conference concerning Special Educational Needs held in 1994, Statement and Framework for Action were adopted, which promote the right of every child to be involved in the educational system, and in regular schools, regardless of their physical, intellectual, emotional, social, linguistic or other conditions. The term special educational need in this context does not exclusively refer to children with disabilities. The concept of inclusive education with the meaning of inclusion of all children in compulsory education extends and deepens the educational model of integration of children with disabilities in regular education. The introduction and implementation of inclusion in schools becomes the requirement of contemporary educational policies of Europe and the world, whereby the changing of schools in order to achieve educational inclusion is conditional on changing the entire educational practice (Mittler, 2006). This paper will show some of the assumptions that are crucial for the implementation of inclusion in schools with special emphasis on the role of activities of teachers as key participants in the process of inclusive school.

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