Teachers' Beliefs about Inclusive Education (eBook)

The authors present the results of a longitudinal study of Polish teachers' opinions on selected assumptions and organizational solutions forming the basis of inclusive education before and after the arrival of many migrant students in connection with the war in Ukraine. The main aim of the research is to find out the opinions of Polish teachers working in mainstream schools and preschools on selected assumptions and organisational solutions underlying inclusive education and to examine these opinions in relation to selected demographic traits of teachers. An important aim is also to identify the opinions studied in a temporal perspective, which will make it possible to capture the changes in the acceptance of selected theoretical and organisational assumptions underlying inclusive education. The research was conducted on a group of Polish teachers, but the findings can be applied to other countries.

Dr Stanis?awa Byra is associate professor at the Institute of Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Maria Curie-Sk?odowska University in Lublin, Poland. Her research focuses on psychosocial functioning of people with physical disabilities, especially in the context quality of life. She complement her leading research interests with involvement in research projects on the functioning of students with special educational needs, attitudes toward disability, people with disabilities, inclusive education, and support for students with diverse educational needs.