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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: The study investigated attitude of classroom teachers towards students with special needs in secondary school in Etsako West Local Government area of Edo State. The descriptive research design using the survey method was adopted in the study. The population of the covered all the teachers in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State which has 215 teachers in all 13 secondary schools as obtained from the provisional figures of teachers from the Department. A proportional random sampling technique was used to select ten (10) secondary schools from which of 13 teachers were used in the study. The instrument used for the collection of data was a questionnaire titled: “Attitude of Children with Special Needs among School Teachers Questionnaire (ACSNST)”. The test retest reliability coefficient an r-value of 0.74 was obtained, which shows that the instrument is reliable for administration. Descriptive statistics such as mean ( ) and standard deviation (S.D) was used to analyze the research questions while the t-test for two independent sample means was used to test for the significance of the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that The attitude of school teachers in Etsako West LGA of Edo state towards children with special needs is not favourable or positive ( =2.33<2.50 criterium). The test of hypothesis one showed that female teachers had more positive attitude than male teachers towards students with special needs in Etsako West LGA of Edo state (t= -2.13; p<0.05) while younger teachers had more positive attitude than older teachers towards students with special needs in Etsako West LGA of Edo state (t= 3.24; p<0.05). It was recommended that there is need for the Edo State government to establish special education schools to cater for the needs of all category of special need students in the state. This should be established, funded and properly managed by the government to cater for the needs of the disabled; the disadvantaged, the gifted and talented accordingly. |
| Keywords: Attitude, Classroom Teachers, Students, Special Needs, Inclusive Education |
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