Attitude of Pupil Teacher's Regarding the Inclusive Education of Students with Visual and Hearing Impairment

Abstract

Inclusive education significantly enhances opportunities for students to engage in collaborative learning. Through inclusive education students can develop a positive attitude and behavioral disposition towards learning alongside their peer, specifically those who are below average in academic performance or differently abled. This is crucial because the attitude of their differently able peer group exert a substantial influence on their own educational experience. Similarly, it is absolutely essential to assess the attitudes towards differently abled individuals held by those students who intend to pursue a career in teaching. This study tries to explore the attitude of pupil teacher's regarding the inclusive education of students with visual and hearing Impairment. In this study researcher uses descriptive survey method to assess the attitude of pupil teachers towards inclusive education of students with visual and hearing Impairment. For this study, those students who are taking training in the B.Ed. course before aspiring for the teaching profession in West Bengal are the population of the researcher. For fulfill the objectives total 120 B.Ed. students were selected by the researcher as a sample of the study through purposive sampling technique. For this study, the researcher had prepared a self-made questionnaire of 20 items, namely “Scale on Attitude of pupil teacher’s” to collect the requisite data related to attitude of pupil teachers towards inclusive education of students with visual and hearing Impairment. The present study revealed that gender and locality wise pupil teachers have some significant different attitude regarding the inclusive education of student with visual impairment. Also, this study revealed that educand teachers have not significantly attitudinal differences regarding the inclusive education of student with hearing impairment based on their gender and habitat. Also, this study found that there is no significant relationship between gender wise pupil teachers’ attitude regarding the inclusive education of student with visual and hearing impairment.