ERIC Number: EJ1127213
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jul
Pages: 8
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ISSN: EISSN-2254-7339
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Inclusive Education in Schools in Rural Areas
Callado Moreno, J. Antonio; Molina Jaén, Ma. Dolores; Pérez Navío, Eufrasio; Rodríguez Moreno, Javier
Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, v5 n2 p107-114 Jul 2016
Since Spain decided to embark on the development of inclusive schooling, studies have taken place to see if the inclusive principle is being developed satisfactorily. Inclusive schooling implies that all students, regardless of their particular characteristics, may be taught in ordinary schools, and in the majority of cases receive help in the classroom in which they have been integrated in order to cover any special educational needs. Our research aims to find out if schools situated in rural areas follow this principle and, once it has been put into practice, what strategies are being used. To this end, we designed a questionnaire addressed to Infant and Primary school teachers in the Sierra Sur area in the province of Jaén, in an agricultural context where most of the population live on olive picking and the cultivation of olive groves. Given the extension of the area, our research concentrated on schools situated in urban nuclei with a population of less than one thousand five hundred inhabitants. The results obtained demonstrate that rural areas do not take full advantage of the context they are in to favour inclusion processes and continue to develop proposals that are merely integrative.
Descriptors: Inclusion, Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Educational Needs, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Questionnaires, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Likert Scales
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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