A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ATTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TOWARDS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION


Kiran Tripathi
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Abstract

The attitude is the prime factor which opens the door to interest for a particular task like occupation which is very much important for a teaching profession. In a civilized society, all children need to be given equal opportunity to learn, irrespective of their being physically, cognitively or emotionally deformed in one way or the other. In a legitimate effort to achieve this goal, different types of schools such as normal schools, special schools etc. have come into being over a period of time. The concept of inclusive education is relatively new in which equal opportunity is given to all students to learn under a roof in the same compound irrespective of their physical, intellectual and emotional deformities. A study was conducted to know the attitude of secondary school teachers towards inclusive education.  A descriptive survey method of research was used to collect the data of attitude of secondary school teachers towards inclusive education. The sample for the study consisted of 320 teachers randomly selected from secondary schools located at urban and rural areas of Faridabad district of Haryana state. The schools were selected on the basis of convenient sampling whereas simple random technique was followed to select the teachers. The investigator used ‘Teacher’s Attitude Scale towards Inclusive Education’ prepared and standardized by Vishal Sood and Arti Anand for data collection. The findings of the study show that majority of teachers of secondary schools were found under moderate level of attitude towards inclusive education. The teachers of urban secondary schools were found to be are more positive in their attitude towards inclusive education comparison to the teachers working in rural secondary schools. The female teachers of secondary schools were found to be more favourable in their attitude towards inclusive education than the male teachers. A significant difference of attitude towards inclusive education was found between the teachers of government and the private secondary schools.

KEYS WORDS: Attitude, Inclusive Education, Secondary School Teachers;

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EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review(JEBR)

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Vol : 7
Issue : 1
Month : January
Year : 2019
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