Teachers’ Attitudes Regarding Inclusive Education: The Albanian Case

Abstract

Teachers’attitudes have considerable influence on the process of school integration of pupils with disabilities. Some data from contemporary literature show that the attitudes that teachers have about the process of inclusive education affects the quality of this process and the teaching quality. The impact of teachers’attitudes regarding inclusive education has, also, impact on pupils’ attitudes toward their disabled peers.The paper aims to measure the attitudes of teachers in primary and secondary public schools of Albania toward manistreamming and the paper, aims, also, to analyze the influence of their demographic factors on their attitude. For the realization of this study it is used the technique of questionaire. The measuring instrument is the Mainstreaming Opinionnaire (MO) (Schmelkin (1981). Teachers of some schools of Shkodër, Lezhë, Kukës, Peshkopia, Tiranë, Durrës, Elbasan, Korçë and Vlora cities of Albania have completed the MO test. It is employed, also, the technique of interviewing teachers of public schools in which there are pupils with disabilities integrated and it is employed, also, the method of focus-group with teachers. The purpose was to obtain their opinions related to the problems that are encountered by them in the impemention of this process.There are given the appropriate conclusions and suggestions. It is necessary to consider certain recommendations so that the process of inclusive education is carried out completely.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n7p76