Teachers' Beliefs about Inclusive Education : A Study in the Context of Major Increases in Refugee Learners / Stanislawa Byra and Zenon Gajdzica.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byra, Stanislawa, author.

Gajdzica, Zenon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Attitudes.

Teachers.

Inclusive education.

Refugees--Education.

Refugees.

Students with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Göttingen, Germany : V & R unipress, [2024]

Summary:

The authors present the results of a longitudinal study of Polish teachers' opinions on selected assumptions and organizational solutions forming the basis of inclusive education before and after the arrival of many migrant students in connection with the war in Ukraine. The main aim of the research is to find out the opinions of Polish teachers working in mainstream schools and preschools on selected assumptions and organisational solutions underlying inclusive education and to examine these opinions in relation to selected demographic traits of teachers. An important aim is also to identify the opinions studied in a temporal perspective, which will make it possible to capture the changes in the acceptance of selected theoretical and organisational assumptions underlying inclusive education. The research was conducted on a group of Polish teachers, but the findings can be applied to other countries.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Body

Introduction

Chapter 1. Essence and contextuality of inclusive education

Chapter 2. Selected contexts and determinants of the transformations of inclusive education in Poland

Chapter 3. Own research concept

Key research assumptions

Data collection and analysis method

Participants and procedure

Instruments

Description of the study group

Chapter 4. Teachers' beliefs about the validity of education for all

Validity of education for all - comparative analysis of 2020 and 2022 study results

Beliefs of the teachers surveyed in 2020 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-specific variables

Beliefs of the teachers surveyed in 2022 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-specific variables

Conclusion and discussion

Chapter 5. Learners' subjectivity in inclusive education as rated by teachers

Learners' subjectivity as rated by teachers - comparative analysis of 2020 and 2022 study results

Learners' subjectivity as rated by the teachers surveyed in 2020 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-related variables

Learners' subjectivity as rated by the teachers surveyed in 2022 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-related variables

Chapter 6. Support for education/in inclusive education as rated by teachers

Supporting learners' learning as rated by teachers - comparative analysis of 2020 and 2022 study results

Support of learners' learning and of staff involved in inclusive education as rated by the teachers surveyed in 2020 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-related variables.

Support of learners' learning and of staff involved in inclusive education as rated by the teachers surveyed in 2022 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-related variables

Chapter 7. Leadership or collaboration/partnership? Teachers' point of view

Collaboration in inclusive education as rated by teachers - comparative analysis of 2020 and 2022 study results

Collaboration and leadership as rated by teachers surveyed in 2020 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-related variables

Collaboration and leadership as rated by the teachers surveyed in 2022 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-related variables

Chapter 8. Impact of diverse learner needs on the curriculum - teachers' rating

Curriculum in inclusive education as rated by teachers - comparative analysis of 2020 and 2022 study results

Curriculum in inclusive education as rated by the teachers surveyed in 2020 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-related variables

Curriculum in inclusive education as rated by the teachers surveyed in 2022 - importance of sociodemographic as well as job- and employment-related variables

Research limitations

Conclusion

References

Annex

Raising Achievement Self-Review. Self-review survey

Data protection statement

Instructions for completing the survey

Section 1 - Background information

Section 2 - Inclusive pedagogy

Pedagogy for all learners

Support for learning

Section 3 - Leadership and collaboration

Leadership roles and approaches

Learner well-being and participation

Curriculum development

Partnerships and collaborative working

Support systems for staff and leaders.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783847017240

3847017241