Teachers’ Perception of Inclusive Education in Gaza City

Osama Hamdouna

Araştırma Makalesi

Gazze'de Kapsayıcı Eğitim Uygulamalarının Öğretmen Görüşlerine Göre Değerlendirilmesi

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 2, 2 - 15, 01.06.2019

Osama Hamdouna

Öz

This research concerns itself to examine teachers’
perception of inclusive education in three constructs of inclusive education in
the Gaza City, namely comfort level when engaging with people with
disabilities, acceptance of learners with different needs, and concerns about
inclusive education. A random sample of in-service educators was selected. The
analytic descriptive method was used and the SACIE Scale was used after
standardizing the scale on the Gaza City environment. The result showed that
the scale is reliable and valid, the outcomes also revealed that teachers have
high level of concerns, low levels of comfort and acceptance toward inclusive
education, those levels indicate to some extent negative perception about
inclusive education. In addition, the outcome revealed statistically
significant differences in the levels of comfort, acceptance, concerns and the
total score of the scale among teachers due to specific variables.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Özel Eğitim, Kapsayıcı Eğitim, Gazze

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