Thai preschool teachers' views about inclusive education for young children with disabilities

Title: Thai preschool teachers' views about inclusive education for young children with disabilities
Creator: Sukbunpant, Sasipin; Arthur-Kelly, Michael; Dempsey, Ian
Relation: International Journal of Inclusive Education Vol. 17, Issue 10, p. 1106-1118
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2012.741146
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: It is generally assumed that preschool teachers play a crucial daily role in the inclusion of young children with a disability in education settings. In many countries, however, there are little available data to inform such a view. Part of a larger project with 528 preschool teachers from northern Thailand, the aim of the study reported here was to examine Thai preschool teachers' views of inclusive education for young Thai children with disabilities. Twenty preschool teachers with a range of attitudes to the inclusion of young children with a disability were interviewed about their views and five themes developed from the interview analysis. Those themes were the current situation, teachers' knowledge and expertise, teachers' attitude towards inclusion and disability, collaboration, and challenges for future inclusion.
Subject: attitudes to inclusion; preschool teachers; inclusive education; Thailand
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1306982
Identifier: uon:21301
Identifier: ISSN:1360-3116
Language: eng
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