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Inclusive attitudes: a pre‐service analysis
Author(s) -
Ryan Thomas G.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of research in special educational needs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1471-3802
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-3802.2009.01134.x
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , proposition , psychology , service (business) , pedagogy , medical education , social psychology , medicine , business , marketing , philosophy , epistemology
This enquiry has shown that pre‐service teachers in Ontario, Canada (n = 141), believe they have the prerequisite training and knowledge to be inclusive educators. They believe inclusion is effective and produces required results for both identified and non‐identified students. Inclusion was viewed as a difficult proposition dependent upon several variables such as time, resources, facilities and personnel. Inclusion challenges make them want to experiment with instructional modes, and a minority suggested they did not have a positive experience with inclusion. Most believed that they would be included in planning for inclusion and maintained a positive attitude towards inclusion.