Opinions of Teacher Candidates on Inclusive Education: A Parallel Mixed Method Study

Abstract

In this study, teacher candidates’ attitudes, self-efficacy perceptions towards inclusive education, and their situation towards in-class practices were determined. A total of a hundred thirty three pre-service teachers participated in the research voluntarily. The study was designed according to the parallel mixed methods research in which both quantitative and qualitative data (QUAN + QUAL) were used together. As data collection tools, “Attitude Scale towards Inclusive Education”, “Self-Efficacy Scale for Inclusive Education” and “In-class Practice Scale for Inclusive Education” were used. In addition, during the collection of qualitative data, teacher candidates were asked to complete the statement, “In my opinion, inclusive education is like…. because….” To determine their metaphorical perceptions. When the results of the study were examined, teacher candidates, it was determined that the perceptions of self-efficacy towards inclusive education and the concern for personal equipment differ in terms of various variables. In addition, the participants chose the positive metaphors that they produced for inclusive education. Among these metaphors, respect for differences, acceptance of diversity is expressed as coexistence due to the structure of inclusive education that unites society.

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“…Another worthwhile contribution of this study is can be highlighted by relating it with three dimensions of data integration analytics suggested by Moseholm and Fetters (2017), which are relational, methodological, and dimensional levels. In this study, we are using a "Separate approach" of relational dimension as we are independently analyzing the two strands of data (i.e., qualitative and quantitative) independent of each other and finally merged for the conclusion (Alrawashdeh et al, 2021;Leblebici and Türkan, 2021).…”