Research Article

Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education

Number: 13 January 25, 2018
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Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education

Abstract

The objective of the research is to analyze the attitudes of classroom teachers towards inclusion education in the consideration of certain variables. 500 teachers working in different primary schools in Gaziantep have joined in the study. A scale of attitudes towards inclusion, consisting of 40 questions and 5 sub-dimensions that was formed by researchers as a data instrument was applied in the present work. It's identified at the end-of research that the points attained by the teachers in the research from some sub-dimensions of the scale of attitutes towards inclusion reflect statistically meaningful difference according to gender, age group, length of service, marital status. As a result, it's to be remarked that teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion give out diffence according to some variables and certain sub-dimensions oriented to inclusion don't indicate difference depending on diverse variables. The outcome of this study reveales that not only the teachers' length of service, but also the duration that the teachers have dealt with inclusive education is related to their attitude towards inclusive education. However, there are also other research findings in the literature, which reveal that the teachers' length of service does not affect their ideas towards inclusive education. Following suggestions may be made in the light of these findings: Students involved in the inclusive education may be assigned to the classes of married teachers. It may be useful for classroom teachers, who are in the first five years of their professional career especially, not to be directly responsible for students of inclusive education.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Volkan Çiçek This is me

Bayram Ali Yıldırım This is me

Publication Date

January 25, 2018

Submission Date

August 24, 2017

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2018 Number: 13

APA
Palavan, Ö., Çiçek, V., & Yıldırım, B. A. (2018). Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education. Journal of Education and Future, 13, 49-63. https://izlik.org/JA37CT52NM
AMA
1.Palavan Ö, Çiçek V, Yıldırım BA. Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education. JEF. 2018;(13):49-63. https://izlik.org/JA37CT52NM
Chicago
Palavan, Özcan, Volkan Çiçek, and Bayram Ali Yıldırım. 2018. “Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education”. Journal of Education and Future, nos. 13: 49-63. https://izlik.org/JA37CT52NM.
EndNote
Palavan Ö, Çiçek V, Yıldırım BA (January 1, 2018) Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education. Journal of Education and Future 13 49–63.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Palavan, V. Çiçek, and B. A. Yıldırım, “Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education”, JEF, no. 13, pp. 49–63, Jan. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA37CT52NM
ISNAD
Palavan, Özcan - Çiçek, Volkan - Yıldırım, Bayram Ali. “Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education”. Journal of Education and Future. 13 (January 1, 2018): 49-63. https://izlik.org/JA37CT52NM.
JAMA
1.Palavan Ö, Çiçek V, Yıldırım BA. Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education. JEF. 2018;:49–63.
MLA
Palavan, Özcan, et al. “Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education”. Journal of Education and Future, no. 13, Jan. 2018, pp. 49-63, https://izlik.org/JA37CT52NM.
Vancouver
1.Özcan Palavan, Volkan Çiçek, Bayram Ali Yıldırım. Attitudes of Primary School Teachers towards Inclusive Education. JEF [Internet]. 2018 Jan. 1;(13):49-63. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA37CT52NM

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