A STUDY ON PREPAREDNESS FOR TEACHERS TOWARDS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.2496Keywords:
Pre Service Teachers, Inclusive EducationAbstract [English]
Any teacher training college plays a vital role in preparing teachers to manage and teach in an inclusive setup. Acceptance, diminishing discrimination and nurturing a classroom where children with disabilities alongside their non-disabled peers’ study and play together helps to strengthen the goals of inclusiveness. The preservice teacher training not only prepares them to teach and manage an inclusive classroom but also affects their attitude towards disability and provides varied experiences to such children. This study looks at an elementary education program which had a component on education of children with special needs. A mixed method of pre and post data was taken from 50 students enrolled in the teacher training program. Films, field trips, interviews of persons with disability were used to make them understand the topic. There were positive changes, however some students looked at disability with a different perspective. The teacher educators need to further strengthen attitude towards these children as the Right to Education 2009 lays importance of free and compulsory education for children aged between 6-14 years in India under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The pre service teachers will have to teach these children in an Inclusive setup.
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