Exploring attitudes of teachers’ towards inclusive education in relation to their professional attributes

Inclusive education is the practice of establishing heterogeneous classrooms in neighbourhood schools, where every child strives to accomplish individual goals while fully participating in social and academic activities. The study investigated the attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education in relation to their professional attributes. A total of 300 higher/senior secondary teachers were asked to fill a two part questionnaire. Part was used to collect information related to demographic and professional characteristics of teachers. Part two was 20-item 6-point Likert scale titled “Scale of Teachers“ Attitudes towards Inclusive Classroom. Results of the study reported that the teachers hold positive attitudes towards inclusive education. The results also revealed that the teachers who have less teaching experience were found to have more favourable attitudes towards inclusion than the teachers who have more teaching experience. In addition, the teachers who have undertaken special teachers“ training course hold more positive attitude towards inclusion as compared to the teachers who have got training in general education.