A Survey Of Inclusive Education Attitudes Of Pre-service Special Education Teachers

Inclusive education refers to the form of education for special children and ordinary children to receive non-isolated education in ordinary classes of ordinary primary and secondary schools,so that special children and other school-age children can learn together and progress together.Teachers are an important factor in promoting inclusive education.The inclusive education attitude of teachers has a direct impact on the practice of inclusive education.The inclusive education attitude of pre-service teachers affects their willingness to learn inclusive education and ability to implement inclusive education.This study is based on the pre-service teachers in Shandong Province,and studies the attitudes of inclusive education.It analyzes the basic characteristics and influencing factors of pre-service teachers' inclusive education attitudes,and provides special education and general education teachers curriculum and inclusive education.Development proposes targeted recommendations.The research includes:(1)Study 1: The revised version of the teacher inclusive education scale compiled by Costello and Boyle(2013)is revised to 1024 pre-service teachers,and the revised version of the teacher inclusive education attitude scale is tested.The Chinese version of the factor structure and psychometric characteristics provide a measurement tool for the research on the inclusive education attitude of pre-service teachers in China.(2)Study 2: Investigate the inclusive education attitude of pre-service special education teachers and pre-service general education teachers with 566 pre-service teachers,and analyze the basic characteristics of in-service teachers' inclusive education attitude and the influencing factors related to teachers.The research results are as follows:(1)The reliability and validity indicators of the pre-service teacher inclusive education attitude scale are in line with the psychometric requirements,and can be used as a measurement tool for pre-service teachers' inclusive education attitude.The pre-service teacher inclusive education attitude scale consists of three dimensions: positive emotion,training and competence,and negative emotional factors.(2)Pre-service teachers have a neutral attitude towards inclusive education.Pre-service special education teachers have a positive attitude towards inclusive education,andpre-service general education teachers have a neutral attitude towards inclusive education.(3)The attitude of inclusive education for pre-service special education teachers is more positive than that of pre-service general education teachers.The inclusive education attitudes of pre-service special education teachers and pre-service general education teachers are significantly different in positive emotions,training and competence,negative emotion dimensions and total scores.(4)The pre-service teachers' inclusive education attitudes are not significantly different;The grades are significantly different,the pre-service teachers are significantly higher than the pre-service teachers,and the differences between the other grades are not significant;There is a significant difference between special education majors and general education majors,and the differences between other majors are not significant.(5)Pre-service teachers' inclusive education attitude is influenced by whether they are exposed to special education courses,whether they are exposed to disabled persons,whether they understand inclusive education,whether they are familiar with special education regulations,and whether they have confidence in educating special children.Based on the survey results,this study proposes five suggestions:(1)Improving the curriculum of special education.(2)Improving the contact between pre-service teachers and disabled people.(3)Improving the understanding of inclusive education.(4)Improving and promoting Special education laws and regulations.(5)Improve the self-efficacy of pre-service teachers.