Teachers' beliefs in the practice of inclusive education (case study in banda aceh).

DOI

10.2991/icddims-17.2018.14How to use a DOI?

Keywords

teachers' beliefs, inclusive education, elementary schools, Banda Aceh, government support.

Abstract

The implementation of inclusive education in Aceh remains ineffective due to deficits in teachers' beliefs about the value of its practice in classrooms. The purpose of this research was to explore teachers' beliefs in practicing inclusive education and the factors influencing them in elementary schools. The participants in this study were 6 classroom teachers from 4 public elementary schools in Banda Aceh. The data gathered for this study was obtained from semi structured in-depth interviews. Teachers hold various kinds of beliefs about inclusive education based on their previous experience, knowledge, self-reflection and awareness, cultural and religious beliefs. They believed the values of inclusive education were in accordance with their faith. However, their conviction about the practice of inclusive education is low and is reflected in their unwillingness to teach in inclusive classrooms due to their lack of knowledge and skills. In addition to the low level of teachers' self- efficacy is the lack of external support from government at district and national level. The government did not set a curriculum for students with special needs. The teachers used the regular curriculum which obviously was not suitable. Moreover, special needs students, teacher training, and grants to support the implementation of inclusive practice were not distributed evenly. Most inclusive schools did not have appropriate facilities.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sansrisna Sansrisna
AU  - Nadia Sabrina Nadia
PY  - 2017/11
DA  - 2017/11
TI  - Teachers' beliefs in the practice of inclusive education (case study in banda aceh).
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Diversity and Disability Inclusion in Muslim Societies (ICDDIMS 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 63
EP  - 66
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icddims-17.2018.14
ID  - Sansrisna2017/11
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