The paper presents a part of the research data from a broader piece of research focused on teaching effectiveness in inclusive forms. It analyses the opinions of the teaching staff at different types of schools on the existing barriers and teachers’ needs related to inclusive education. The research involved N=1.216 teaching staff (98 % teachers) working in Slovak schools. A questionnaire developed by the authors was used and respondents filled it in anonymously in electronic form. The results clearly indicate persistent issues in the inclusive practice, which are in line with the findings of other nation-wide Studies, i. e., missing multidisciplinary teams at schools, too many students in a single form, lack of teaching and specialised staff, limited offer of educational programmes focused on further education
Introduction: In order to build a quality inclusive environment (not only in education) it is not enough to have material and personal capacity. The students themselves also need to be included via quality assessment of this environment. Research focused on the attitudes of university students with special educational needs (SEN students) towards the inclusive environment quality at a specific educational institution in Slovak conditions has never been done before. Methods: The research team aimed to identify SEN students’ attitude (N=20) to the quality of inclusive university environment. To maintain anonymity, university will not be specified; as for students, only their degree of study and gender will be listed instead of their age (65% were females). An attitudinal questionnaire developed by the authors was used to identify how the respondents perceived the quality of inclusion in the respective university environment. Results: SEN students’ attitudes show the highest score in emotional components (AM=3.607; SD=0.602). Additionally, there is a statistically significant relation between their attitudes and the coordinator’s work quality. A statistically significant difference was measured between the attitudes of those SEN students who were satisfied with the work of their coordinator and those who were not (p-value 0.008). We noted a strong deviation in favour of the satisfied students. Discussion: SEN students generally perceive the inclusive environment at the faculties at which they are currently studying as positive, which can result from the fact that coordinators are appointed specifically to cater to their needs. A distance course has also been created to improve the inclusive environment for students; it helps to improve the effectiveness of communications between coordinators and students, and quickly resolve any issues related to education. Limitations: Both the size of the research sample and the fact that the survey was conducted at only a single university were limiting factors. Thus, we cannot generalize our findings to the entire university SEN student population nor to all Slovak universities. Conclusions: In the conditions of the institution in question no research of this nature has ever been done before. In order to increase the internal quality of the school environment a reflection on the inclusive environment quality from SEN students is necessary. Looking forward, we recommend carrying out a more detailed observation of the inclusive environment quality in relation to the coordinator for students with special educational needs (hereinafter SSEN coordinator), their work quality and expertise.
The Faculty of Education of Matej Bel University in cooperation with the Faculty of Education of the University of Prešov in the period 2018 - 2020 became the solvers of the KEGA project no. 046UMB-4/2018 How do we understand inclusive education? Creating an optimal teaching model. As part of the project, the opinions of teachers from practice and students on the issue of inclusion were ascertained, and the relationship between personal experiences with people with special educational needs and attitudes to inclusion in both research samples was also ascertained. The paper presents partial research results concerning a group of university teachers (N = 488). A combined questionnaire containing self-designed items as well as a standardized scale was used for data collection, but the paper presents the results of the analyzed items of the self-designed questionnaire, which indicate a continuing tendency to misunderstanding integration and inclusion.
The study describes covert aggressive behaviour that occurs as early as pre-school age. It is specific in that at preschool age the aggressor acts without hiding yet. Uniform findings are related to preschool age, supplemented by research findings from Slovak kindergartens. The authors describe on a specific situation of hidden aggressive behaviour, which was identified during the monitoring of aggressive behaviour in kindergartens.
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