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Publication Date: 2025-Jan
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'Where Are "We" in This Process'? Teachers' Attitudes Regarding the Amendment to the Special Education Law in Israel
Orna Huri; Avihu Shoshana
Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, v25 n1 p71-81 2025
The study's primary research question is how teachers whose inclusive classes include children with disabilities experienced the most recent amendment (2018) to Israel's Special Education Law. Interviews with 20 teachers revealed four key findings: a sense of professional isolation when having to cope with the challenges of having students with disabilities in general classrooms; concealing emotions (e.g., shame) linked to their ambivalent views of the amendment; dealing with the new dynamics of teacher-parent relationships; sensing internal conflict regarding the implementation of inclusion. The article discusses the relationship between top-down educational policy and bottom-up implementation through teachers' accounts.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Teaching Experience, Coping, Emotional Response, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Conflict
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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