TEACHERS’ WILLINGNESS TO TEACH PUPILS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN AN INCLUSIVE SETTING: A CASE OF TEACHERS IN TESO SOUTH SUB-COUNTY, BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA by Francis Ochiko, Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume V, Issue IX, September 2017 Edition

Scirj Volume V, Issue IX, September 2017 Edition
ISSN: 2201-2796

TEACHERS’ WILLINGNESS TO TEACH PUPILS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN AN INCLUSIVE SETTING: A CASE OF TEACHERS IN TESO SOUTH SUB-COUNTY, BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA

Francis Ochiko

Abstract: Successful implementation of inclusive education is the key area attracting most educators across the world today. Inclusive education has attracted so much attention from various stakeholders such as the government, teachers, parents and the non-governmental organizations in Kenya. However, not much had been done exhaustively to establish how teachers have been receiving the inevitable change in education regarding promotion of inclusive education settings in public primary schools. Few schools in Kenya have attempted inclusive education and there was little information of evaluation reports on those practicing inclusion as Cassady (2011), suggests that teachers’ attitudes toward inclusion need to be evaluated constantly and there was need to participate in regular inclusive education trainings. This study sought to determine the extent to which teachers were willing to teach pupils with special needs in an inclusive education setting. It employed planned behaviour theory by Ajzen which gives a link between attitudes and behaviour. A questionnaire was used to gather information on teachers’ attitudes on their willingness to teach in an inclusive education setting. The study used a quantitative research approach. A survey research design was used with selected primary school teachers from Teso south sub-county which had a total of 754 teachers. 75 teachers were selected using simple random sampling. The analysis of coded data was done using Microsoft Excel programme.

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