Students' opinions and views on inclusive education

Runceva, Jadranka and Sivevska, Despina (2023) Students' opinions and views on inclusive education. Pedagoška stvarnost - časopis za školska i kulturno-prosvetna pitanja, 69 (1). ISSN 0553-4569 / eISSN 2620-2700

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Abstract

One of the largest changes that has affected education systems in the last few
decades is inclusion. Inclusive education is a big and serious change that has happened
to every educational system that has followed the path of its implementation. Inclusion
in the educational process brings numerous challenges that all participants
have to face. Transformation and adaptation to the new situation are needed, from the
school infrastructure itself to the initial teacher education programs. In the paper, we
wanted to see the opinions and views of the students from the Faculty of Educational
Sciences in Shtip, Macedonia, regarding inclusive education. The students (future
preschool educators, teachers, and pedagogues) are of equal importance as the already
engaged educational staff because it will depend on them in which direction they
will nurture the educational process and inclusion itself. Why should we investigate
the students and their opinions regarding inclusion? Because during their initial education
at university, they gain knowledge and develop skills to work in an inclusive
environment, and also because they follow practical teaching and methodical practice
during their studies, which gives them familiarity and contact with inclusion in kindergartens
and primary schools. So, we wanted to see their views on what they actually
feel they need and what they lack in an inclusive work environment. We examined the
students' knowledge and views from several aspects: first, we surveyed the students'
awareness of inclusive education, then we examined their opinions about inclusion in
general and what conditions, according to them, an inclusive group or classroom needs
to have. These results are just the beginning, which should be fulfilled with the
views of students from other universities, and together with the already obtained results
of long-term research on the views of preschool educators, teachers, and school
counselors, we will try to give some serious directions in which fields we need to work

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Educational sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Educational Science
Depositing User:	Jadranka Runceva
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2023 10:12
Last Modified:	21 Sep 2023 10:12
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/32234

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