The opinion of future pedagogues to work with students with hearing impairment in inclusive settings
The opinion of future pedagogues to work with students with hearing impairment in inclusive settings

Summary/Abstract: Inclusive education has been a major policy for the education of students with disabilities in a number of European countries. Several factors related to child, and teacher variables seem to contribute to the successful inclusion of deaf students in mainstream classrooms. The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes and concerns of pedagogues from the Palacky University of Czech Republic, towards the inclusion of deaf students in mainstream classrooms. A total of 107 pre-service teachers from the Palacky University of the Czech Republic participated in this study. Data were collected through the Sentiments, Attitudes and Concerns about Inclusive Education Scale (SACIE) by Loreman, Earle, Sharma & Forlin (2007). The statistical analysis revealed a number of teacher’s related factors that predict their sentiments towards inclusion of deaf students. Czech pre-service teachers were not very positive towards inclusion of deaf students in mainstream schools. This result might be explained by the fact that Czech teachers have not enough courses in special and deaf education. The results of this study indicate the importance of providing a numberof courses in special, deaf and inclusive education, to teacher’s through their education programs, in order for them to be prepared to work successfully with deaf students in inclusive settings.

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