Parents attitudes towards inclusive education to their children with special needs
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2015
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UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
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Inclusive education is an emerging field of study. Parents, teachers and other proessionals have different percetions about inclusive education. The present study aimed to know the views of parents of children with and without special needs about inclusive education. The objectives of the study were to investigate the attitudes of parents towards inclusive education, compare the attitudes of both parents of children with and without special needs towards inclusive education and highlight the factors which influence their perception.The sample of the study was 150 parents of children with and without special needs(with disability 75 and without disability 75) were selected from different inclusive schools of Lahore. For the purpose of this study researchers developed a questionnaire on the basis of literature review, and was pilot tested on 10 parents. The data was analyzed by using SPSS. Descriptive statistics were calculated and conclusions were drawn. The major findings of the study were: a) parents of children without special needs are more in favor of inclusive education as compared to parents of children with special needs , b) negative correlation exists between age of parents and their attitude towards inclusive education and c) The attitude of parents change on the basis of school in which their children are included.
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Supervisor: Ms Amna Arif
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MA Thesis, Inclusive education, Attitudes of parents towards inclusive education, Speacial needs childern