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Aydin, Sefket; Aydin, Ozgul; Ozrecberoglu Kirikkaleli, Nurdan; Serol, Nese – Asian Journal of Contemporary Education, 2023
This study examines teacher opinions about the education needs of children with normal and special abilities in the same class at a Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) primary school. Therefore, in order to increase the success of the students studying in the same class, the opinions and suggestions of the teachers were examined and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Needs, Students with Disabilities
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Mamas, Christoforos; Schaelli, Giovanna Hartmann; Daly, Alan J.; Navarro, Henar R.; Trisokka, Lambri – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2020
The number of students with identified Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools has been rising in the last three decades, primarily due to policy changes promoting inclusive education. However, many of these students remain socially isolated despite expectations that inclusion may lead to enhanced outcomes,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion
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Demetriou, Kyriakos – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This small-scale study, conducted in Cyprus, considers issues of friendship by exploring the views of children (aged 6-8 years) without disabilities towards peers with physical disabilities. Participants were interviewed with the use of images depicting children with physical disabilities and were asked to justify their friendship, express their…
Descriptors: Intention, Friendship, Peer Relationship, Student Attitudes
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Demetriou, Kyriakos – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This small-scale study aims to explore acceptance and preference dilemmas in choosing playmates with physical disability of typically developing 6-8-year-old Cypriot children. Eighteen participants were interviewed individually in a simple process involving scenarios and questions with the use of images of hypothetical peers with and without…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Play, Peer Acceptance
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Gokbulut, Ozlem Dagli; Akcamete, Gonul; Güneyli, Ahmet – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
This study was conducted on three students with special education needs and their 16 non-disabled classmates in the 2nd year of an elementary school in Cyprus where inclusive education is offered to them and their parents. In the mentioned inclusive education setting, student and parent opinions with regard to the effectiveness of reading…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Inclusion, Reading Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
Christoforos Mamas; Janet Georgeson; Irene Kaimi – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
In December 2011, I was thrilled to embark on my first job in academia at the then Faculty of Health, Education and Society, Plymouth University. A few months later, I applied for my first small research grant with Janet Georgeson to undertake a research project on children's social interactions and friendships in the context of inclusion within…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Friendship, Elementary School Students, Peer Relationship