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Przegląd badań empirycznych nad inkluzją w edukacji
An overview of empirical studies on inclusion in education

Author(s): Beata Cytowska
Subject(s): Education and training
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: inclusive education; disabled pupil; attitude to inclusion

Summary/Abstract: The author has made an overview of the studies on inclusive education from the period when there were no directives of the Ministry of National Education introducing the possibility of organizing inclusive education (the 80s) to the recent times. The results were compared of the research into the teachers’ environment, the effects of teaching learners with special educational needs resulting from their disability, and the poor material preparation of mainstream schools. Some references were also made to the results of foreign studies by juxtaposing and comparing selected systems in the context of teachers’ situation in mainstream schools, disabled learners, and organizational solutions in education. What was comprised in the recapitulation were the most important conclusions and suggestionsconcerning the undertaking of activities which can support educational inclusion in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 189-213
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: English, Czech, Polish