Singngam, D.
Master’s student of Master of Education Program in Education for Persons with Special Needs, Ratchasuda College, Mahidol University, Thailand
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Srisurakul, T. (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor
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Klibthong. S., (Ph.D.)
Lecturer of Master of Education Program in Education for Persons with Special Needs, Ratchasuda College, Mahidol University, Thailand
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摘要
The purposes of this study were to explore teachers’ perceptions of inclus ive education for students with special needs in elementary schools and to compare teachers’ perceptions of inclusive education based on their personal characteristics.
103 participant teachers who teach in elementar y schools in Luang Prabang district, Luang Prabang province, Lao P.D.R involved in this study. Questionnaire was used to measure teachers’ characteristics and perceptions in this study. The questionnaire was divided into two parts. The first part is teachers’ personal characteristics including gender, age, educational qualification, professiona l qualification and teaching experience. The second part is to measure the teachers ’ perceptions of inclusive education for teaching students with special needs includ ing classroom environment, curriculum, instruction, assistive technologies, and partnership.
The findings of this study showed that the level of teachers’ perceptions towards inclusive education for teaching students with special needs was high in overall. The result also showed the highest to the least of teachers’ perceptions partnership, classroom environment, instruction, assistive technologies and curriculum respectively. In addition, the comparison of teachers’ perception based on their personal characteristics, there was a statistically significant difference at .05 level in age and teaching experience. The research suggested that professional development for teaching students with special needs and adapting curriculum are needed to improve quality inclusive education in Luang Prabang, Lao P.D.R.
關鍵字：inclus ive education, students with special needs, teacher, perception, elementary