General description

Positive attitudes of secondary school teachers toward the inclusive education are important presumption of successful education of students with difficulties.

The research goal was to examine views of teachers, principals and the expert team in secondary schools toward the inclusive education of hearing and/or speech impaired students integrated into secondary regular schools.

We were especially interested in expectations of teachers in regard to primary school education and the support they need in the education process. The part of the research is related to the training of teachers, expert associates and principals by which additional knowledge on difficulties and the application of methodic and didactic adjustment in educational process is acquired.

Hypotheses

The main hypothesis is:

H1 – attitudes of teachers, principals and the expert team in secondary schools toward education of hearing and/or speech impaired students in their schools are positive

• Expectations in regard to primary school education are positive
• Secondary schools have the support they need in education process

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