Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities "Challenges and Solutions"
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
The current study aimed to investigate the challenges and solutions related to enabling people with disabilities to inclusive education at the elementary level. After reviewing previous scientific research literature in special education, the literature indicated several challenges that face inclusive education from implementation in general schools. There were represented six main challenges which included infrastructure, deficiencies in the training and qualification of teachers, deficiencies in the curricula, deficiencies in communication between members of the inclusive education team, problems related to the detection and diagnosis process for persons with disabilities, and failure to use appropriate teaching methods for people with disabilities. The study also showed some solutions to overcome the challenges, which were represented in the necessity of facilitating access for people with disabilities, through the preparation of buildings, professional development for teachers and students, the adaptation of curricula in accordance with the individual differences of people with disabilities, and finally, the use of teaching methods based on evidence-based practices to improve their academic achievement. The researcher also recommended the need to implement legislation and laws on the ground and enable people with disabilities to obtain the right to educational opportunities in at least restrictive environment.
Metrics
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
References
Al-khateeb, J, (2004). Education of students with disabilities in the regular school, Amman: Dar Wael.
Ahmad, W. (2012). Barriers of inclusive education for children with intellectual disability. Indian Streams Research Journal, 2(2), 1-4.
Al-Suhaili, Abdel Aziz Awad (2015): Inclusion Ethics for Students with Special Needs, Tanta Book House for Publishing.
Awad ,H. (2016). Ministry of Education | According to the best scientific and international standards .. (Education) launches ... Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://moe.gov.sa/ar/mediacenter/MOEnews/Pages/talimtarbiakhasa.aspx
Bines, H., & Lei, P. (2011). Disability and education: The longest road to inclusion. International Journal of Educational Development, 31(5), 419-424.Donohue, D., & Bornman, J. (2014). The challenges of realising inclusive education in South Africa. South African journal of education, 34(2).
Cologon, K. (2019) Towards inclusive education: A necessary process of transformation. Report written by Dr Kathy Cologon, Macquarie University for Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) file:///C:/Users/Toshiba/Downloads/Inclusion+Report+Oct2019_P5.pdf
Dudley & Burns (2014 ) Two Perspectives on Inclusion In The United States - Boston College https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1055208.pdf
Donohue, D., & Bornman, J. (2014). The challenges of realising inclusive education in South Africa. South African journal of education, 34(2).
Eleweke, J., & Soje, G. (2016). Challenges of empowering people with disabilities in nigeria for national development. Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation, 17(3–4),122– 138.
Fathi, Anis (2005). Where is the UAE going.. Anticipating challenges and risks over 25 years. Abu Dhabi: Emirates Center for Studies and Media
Frankel, E. B., Gold, S., & Ajodhia-Andrews, A. (2010). International preschool inclusion: Bridging the gap between vision and practices. Young exceptional children, 13(5), 2-16.
Grant, M. C., & Jones-Goods, K. M. (2016). Identifying and Correcting Barriers to Successful Inclusive Practices: A Literature Review. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 64, 71.
Hani. EA, (2022). The requirements for merging children of simple intellectual disabilities (learnable) with their ordinary peers in primary schools from the viewpoint of teachers and school administrations. Journal of the College of Basic Education, 27(111), 254–277. https://doi.org/10.35950/cbej.v27i111.5300
Lipkin, P. H., Okamoto, J., Council on Children with Disabilities and Council on School Health, Norwood Jr, K. W., Adams, R. C., Brei, T. J., ... & Young, T. (2015). The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for children with special educational needs. Pediatrics, 136(6), e1650-e1662.
Inclusive education. UNICEF. (1990.). Retrieved January 25, 2023, from https://www.unicef.org/education/inclusive-education
Menon, L. (2014). Inclusive and Integrated Approaches to Special Education. Mew Delhi: Kanishka Publishers, Distributors.
Mukherjee, K, & Bear, S. (2017). The Challenges and Opportunities to Implement Inclusive Education in West Bengal. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, 6(12), 38-43.
Mitiku, W., Alemu, Y., & Mengsitu, S. (2014). Challenges and opportunities to implement inclusive education. Asian Journal of Humanity, Art, and Literature, 1(2), 118-135.
Resnawaty, R., Darwis, R. S., & Riana, A. W. (2018). CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOL INCLUSION IN BANDUNG.Sajir, A. P. K. A., & Assistant Professor Abdul Salam Jawad Kazem. (1970, January 1). Ways to achieve academic integration for people with special needs. ishraqat tanmawia. Retrieved January 8, 2023, from https://www.iasj.net/iasj/article/188311
Sajer, Karim Abd, Ayad, Kazem, Hussein Muhammad Ali, Jawad, Abd al-Salam (2019). Attitudes of principals and teachers towards integrating people with special needs into their schools. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual International World Conference of the Center for Psychological Research, Baghdad, Iraq.
Sesalem, Kamal (2016). Inclusion in general education schools and classes. Al-Ain: The University Book.
Obaid Al-Mutairi, H., Hadi, Ali Al-Rubaian, & Abdullah. (2019). Obstacles to inclusive education for students with mild intellectual disabilities from the point of view of educators in the light of some variables. Journal of the Faculty of Education (Assiut), 35(9.2), 570-613.
Oswald M & Swart E 2011. Addressing South African pre-service teachers’ sentiments, attitudes, and concerns regarding inclusive education. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 58(4):389-403. Doi: 10.1080/1034912X.2011.626665
Tomlinson, C. A. (1999). The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
The biggest barriers to inclusive education. disabilityfriendlycities.org. (n.d.). Retrieved December 22, 2022, from https://www.disabilityfriendlycities.org/references/the-biggest-barriers-to-inclusive-education/
University, B. (2022). Arabic ontology portal الأنطولوجيا العربية. ontology.birzeit.edu. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://ontology.birzeit.edu/term/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84
Unified National Platform. (n.d.). Rights of People with Disabilities. Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://www.my.gov.sa/wps/portal/snp/main
Villegas, A. M., Ciotoli, F., & Lucas, T. (2017). A framework for preparing teachers for classrooms that are inclusive of all students. Teacher education for the changing demographics of schooling: Issues for research and practice, 133-148.
What is inclusion and why is it important? IRIS Center. (n.d.). Retrieved January 25, 2023, from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/inc/cresource/q1/p01/
Yousef, R. (2019). Disability, social work and social exclusion: new strategies for achieving social inclusion of people with physical disabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Doctoral dissertation, University of Sanford, United Kingdom.