The level of awareness about inclusive education among the parents of children with disabilities
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2017
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University of Management and Technolog
Abstract
The study aimed at determining the level of awareness about inclusive education among the parents with disabilities. Major focus of the study was to find out parents level of awareness about inclusive education. This study followed survey research design and a questionnaire was developed for parents of children with disabilities. Awareness level of parents was checked at three levels; macro, meso and micro level. This questionnaire was validated from experts of the special education and pilot tested and their reliability was found as 0.843. The study was descriptive in nature.The research sample comprised of 222 parents of children with special needs studying in both special education institutions and inclusive education settings. Both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were applied to analyze the collected data. One sample t-test, independent sample t-test and ANOVA statistics were applied to check the awareness level of parents about inclusive education. Findings of the study show that parents are aware of the micro, meso and macro level of educational processes in the special education institutions. Overall conclusion of the study showed that education level of the parents and type of disability of the child don’t play a significant role on their perception as only goal setting, support, educational practice and vision are the indicators which were found different with respect of education. Perception of parents doesn’t change with respect of type of the school where their children are going.
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Supervised by: Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad
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ANOVA statistics were applied, Questionnaire was validated from experts, M.Phil