The Attitudes Of Prospective Teachers Towards Teaching Students With Special Needs In Inclusive Settings

Abstract

The present study aims to measure attitudes of prospective teachers towards teaching students with special needs in inclusive settings with select variables like gender, experience in teaching, and district of population comprising prospective teachers in two districts. From the population 147 students were selected as samples using stratified sampling technique.

SACIE-R scale was adopted for the data collection. Mean, standard deviation and ‘t’ test analysis were verified. Hypotheses were tested using SPSS software. The result shows that the attitude of male and female prospective teachers towards inclusive education is positive, and there is no significant difference in experience in teaching and districts they are studying. The findings indicates that prospective teachers have a positive attitude towards teaching students with special needs in inclusive setting.

Keywords: Prospective Teacher, Inclusion, Attitude, Special needs, Inclusive education, Teaching students with special needs