Attitude of elementary school teachers towards inclusive education: A study on Jammu and Kashmir, India

Asit Kumar Mantry 1 and Biswabhusan Pradhan 2, *

1 Department of Educational Studies, Central University of Jammu, Bagla (Raya-Suchani), Distt. Samba, Jammu-181143 (J&K), India.
2 Department of Tourism and Travel Management, Central University of Jammu, Bagla (Raya-Suchani), Distt. Samba, Jammu-181143 (J&K), India.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(02), 451–460
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.2.1562
 
Publication history: 
Received on 25 May 2023; revised on 05 August 2023; accepted on 08 August 2023
 
Abstract: 
In regular classrooms, teachers play a crucial part in ensuring the success of inclusive practices for students from a wide range of backgrounds. As children with special educational needs are integrated into regular classrooms, it is important for teachers to maintain a positive attitude towards their students. The main purpose of this study is to examine the attitude of elementary school teachers towards inclusive education in Jammu and Kashmir with respect to their gender, locality of schools and educational qualification. A total of 100 teachers were taken from schools from Jammu district as sample of the study through multi-stage sampling procedure. Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test were employed as statistical methods to analyze the collected data. The results of this study indicate that there are no appreciable differences in the attitude of teachers with respect to their gender and locality of school but it has been found that there is significant difference in attitude of teachers with respect to their educational qualification.
 
Keywords: 
Inclusive education; Attitudes; Elementary teachers; Jammu and Kashmir
 
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