The purpose of the study was to assess the attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education and also the factors that influence such attitudes in Junior Secondary Schools in the Butterworth Education District (BED) in the Eastern Cape Province. The study was mainly focused on circuit 7 in which most urban and rural schools existed. Quantitative research methods were used. Survey design was used to conduct the study. The population of teachers of circuit number 7 was three hundred and forty eight (348). Then thirty percent (30%) of that population was calculated to form the sample. The sample was constituted by 104 teachers. Stratified sample was used to select the sample. This means that there were 52 male teachers and also 52 female teachers in the sample. Questionnaires which were designed by the researcher were used to gather data from public Junior Secondary School teachers. The questionnaires had Likert scale of 4 points to allow participants to express their extent of agreement or disagreement with the statements. The questionnaires consisted of 3 sections, biographical information of the participants, 30 statements about inclusive education and the last section consisted of one open-ended question. The questionnaires were pilot tested using the sample which was constituted by 12 teachers, 6 were males and 6 were females. Distribution and collection of questionnaires to and from teachers took five weeks. The collected data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 17 for Microsoft word. The nominal and ordinal scales were used to code the data. The analyzed data were presented in the form of numbers in tables. The researcher interpreted the data. The findings of the study showed that the majority of teachers were positive about inclusive education although they cited lack of training, resources and facilities for inclusive education.

Thesis (PhD(Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 3, 2008). Directed by Linda L. Hestenes; submitted to the School of Human Environmental Sciences. Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-123).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Educational Leadership, 2006. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-98).

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Educational Psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Needs Education at the University Of Zululand, 2018 / The dispute of inclusion is one that has not only been a challenge for South African schools but for the country as a whole. The success of the implementation of the inclusion policy will not only talk to the progress at the schools in South Africa (SA), but it will also provide us with a glimpse of the nation’s progress towards the implementation of democracy itself. Considerable work has been done internationally with regards to the practicality of full-service schooling; however, a limited expanse locally. The objectives of the study were: (i) To determine the nature of experiences of primary school teachers in full service schools; and (ii) To establish if there is any relationship between the teachers’ experiences in full service primary schools and the variables of interest: gender, age, qualification, race and teaching experience. In order to address the study questions, a mixed method research design was employed. A sample of 63 teachers in Full Service Schools (FSSs) in Umlazi district was purposefully selected based on experience and expertise. For data collection, self-developed questionnaires comprising a demographic information section and a Likert-type inventory were used. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) accounted for statistical and descriptive analysis; and Thematic Analysis for qualitative analysis. The findings of this study revealed that a greater number of teachers had positive experiences within FSSs in Umlazi district. However, disabling conditions that prevent teachers to be completely convinced of Inclusive Education (IE) were found to be: Lack of support from the Department of Education (DoE), teachers’ perceived incompetency when dealing with impaired children, insufficient resources, maltreatment of disabled children by their non-disabled peers, lack of parental support, large class sizes and shortage of staff. With regards to the variables of interest in relation to the experiences of teachers in FSSs, it was discovered that: male teachers expressed more positive experiences than their female counterparts; it appeared that the higher the qualification, the more teachers felt confident about teaching in FSSs; more Indian teachers reported having favorable experience than black African teachers; and teachers with more years of teaching experience indicated optimism towards teaching in FSSs than teachers with less teaching experience. Recommendations from the current study suggest that teacher pre-service training be tailored in accordance with the requirements of teaching in a FSS. Workshops and conferences should be conducted to provide teachers with recent updated teaching material that will allow them to stay relevant with the IE curriculum. Furthermore, psycho-education around the maltreatment of disabled children should be provided to schools and communities in an attempt to bring awareness about disability and advocacy against the exclusion and the ill-treatment of the disabled. Again, psycho-education should be provided to families to bring awareness regarding the importance of the caregiver’s active role in the academic and personal life of a child. This would entail the process of providing education and information to families of children that attend FSSs. These recommendations would bridge a gap in the challenges that are experienced in FSSs.

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2017-08-29T18:31:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ELZA MARIA DO SOCORRO DA SILVA.pdf: 3429470 bytes, checksum: 71d16e5f80f52fa567c670d17e50dfb9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-29T18:31:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ELZA MARIA DO SOCORRO DA SILVA.pdf: 3429470 bytes, checksum: 71d16e5f80f52fa567c670d17e50dfb9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-07-28 / Currently, the inclusion has been discussed by society and especially by education professionals due to the movements and demands for schooling of people with special needs. Inclusion is a process that requires much more than transferring students from the special school to the regular one, because it is about making the student part of the school. In the case of deaf students, it refers to their insertion in society, taking into account that the deaf person has his/her peculiarities, among them, the way of communicating. His/her main communication channel is visualspatial. Deaf students are included in regular schools that follow a pattern based on the integration of all students, they must follow the same pedagogical method, advance at the same pace and be evaluated in the same way. In this sense, to include the deaf student is to propose a process of change, involving all segments of the school environment. Thus, the present work is a case study, which aimed to analyze how the current model of public policies about the education of deaf student materializes in the social representations of teachers who teach in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Goiás in 2016. In order to comply with the proposal, a qualitative-quantitative research was used through the application of questionnaires, interviews and documentary analysis. The methodological approach used was the Theory of Social Representations (TRS), based on the understanding that the deaf student in the case study belongs to several social groups, including the deaf, who are victims of exclusion processes in school settings. To carry out the research, the concept of "Inclusion" was analyzed from the studies of Maria Teresa Mantoan, the approach of Theory of Social Representations in the view of Serge Moscovici and the learning and deaf culture in a perspective of Ronice Quadros and Karin Strobel. / Atualmente, a inclusão vem sendo discutida pela sociedade e especialmente pelos profissionais da educação devido aos movimentos e às exigências em favor da escolarização das pessoas com deficiência. A inclusão é um processo que requer muito mais do que transferir alunos da escola especial para a escola regular, pois trata se de fazer com que o aluno seja parte da escola. No caso dos surdos, referese à sua inserção na sociedade levando em consideração que o surdo tem suas peculiaridades, entre elas, a forma de se comunicar. Seu principal canal de comunicação é visual-espacial. São incluídos alunos surdos em escolas regulares que seguem um padrão baseado na integração de todos os alunos, estes devem seguir o mesmo método pedagógico, avançar no mesmo ritmo e serem avaliados da mesma forma. Nesse sentido, incluir o aluno surdo é propor um processo de mudança, envolvendo todos os segmentos do ambiente escolar. Assim, o presente trabalho é um estudo de caso, que objetivou analisar como o modelo atual das políticas públicas voltadas para a educação do aluno surdo se concretiza nas representações sociais dos professores que lecionam em uma Instituição do Ensino Superior (IES) do interior de Goiás no ano de 2016. Para cumprir a proposta, foi utilizada a pesquisa quali-quantitativa, por meio de aplicação de questionários, entrevistas e análise documental. A abordagem metodológica utilizada foi a Teoria das Representações Sociais (TRS), a partir da compreensão de que o aluno surdo do estudo de caso pertence a vários grupos sociais, entre eles, os surdos, que são vítimas dos processos de exclusão nos ambientes escolares. Para realizar a investigação, foi analisada a concepção de “Inclusão” a partir dos estudos de Maria Teresa Mantoan, a abordagem da Teoria das Representações Sociais na visão de Serge Moscovici e a aprendizagem e cultura surda na perspectiva de Ronice Quadros e Karin Strobel. Os resultados desta pesquisa foram tratados a partir da análise da instituição de ensino superior, análise dos professores e análise do aluno surdo. Esses resultados demonstraram que não houve um processo de inclusão e sim de integração.

The master thesis focuses on education of immigrant pupils in Czech and Maltese schools. The aim of the thesis was to describe what particular measures the schools choose and what methods the teachers use to alleviate the impact of the language barrier in both environments and then to compare the results between each other. The research is of qualitative nature, with the research strategy being a multiple case study. The data collection was realised through observations in class, interviews with the school leadership, teachers and pupils and the analysis of digitalized materials. The case is represented by a particular school and the research was conducted at two schools in Czech and two schools in Maltese environment. The thesis consists of theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part aims its attention at the themes of appropriate approach towards the education of immigrant pupils, explanation of the Maltese education system, legislation of both countries on the issue of education of immigrant pupils and the theme of teacher training focused on education of these pupils provided at the Faculty of Education of Charles University. The practical part then develops the themes elaborated in the theoretical one and it mentions what findings the survey discovered. Last chapter of the thesis...

The diploma thesis deals with the issue of inclusive education at ordinary primary school, in the practical part with education of these pupils at a common school of rural type. The aim of the theoretical part is clarification what the inclusive education means, what conditions the pupils with special educational needs need and what support operations are suitable for smooth integration into the collective and for their development. The aim of the practical part is with the help of observation, dialogues and own experience to analyze the success of the process of the inclusive education at a small primary school of rulal type with a capacity of approximately 150 pupils, eventually to find out shortcomings and conditions which are needed to resolve and improve in such a way that the teaching at that school is successful.