Abstract
The ministry of education and JDC- Ashalim are interested in developing a program to support the application of the amendment 11 of Special Education Law from 2018 in kindergarten. It is known that positive preschool teacher attitudes and inclusive practice are essential for success when children with special educational needs are placed into mainstream classrooms. The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute has been commissioned on 2021 to conduct a quantitative study for the ministry of education and JDC- Ashalim to investigated and analyzed the Attitudes Towards Inclusive Education and the inclusive practice experiences of 148 pre-school teachers in both the Jewish and the Arab kindergarten in Israel. The presentation of the study will include the findings from the Teachers’ Attitudes towards Inclusive Education Scale (TAIS), identified positive values attitude of preschool teachers toward inclusive and a negative attitude toward the practices of inclusion. The variables that were associated with negative attitudes was the lack of training in special education, the lack of work experience with students with special education needs, the perceived teacher efficacy to teach in inclusive classrooms and the Lack of resources. The study includes details of the use made by the ministry of education based on the findings of the study to developed and implemented in 2022 a comprehensive program to support inclusive practice in early childhood education to enable full participation of all children in learning activities and build their core capabilities for life. The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute follows the program with evaluation study.
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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Inclusive education preschool teachers attitudes
