Role of Teacher in Promoting Inclusive Education (original) (raw)

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Inclusion in education is considered as an approach where education is provided to physical and cognitive disabilities as well as to the human diversity with regard to ability, language, age, culture, gender, and of human differences. Here needs the Special needs education as a phenomenon by which students experience difficulties in learning, both included in and excluded from the forms of schooling. In this way, policy of inclusion is difficult to implement as teachers are not sufficiently well prepared and supported to work in inclusive ways. The responsibility lies on teachers for creating schools in which all children can learn and feel they belong. The role of teachers are crucial where they help in promoting, participation and reducing under achievement, especially with children perceived as having difficulties in learning. Though there are some barriers to the development of successful inclusive schools, yet the way of overcoming these difficulties is only to reconsider the roles, responsibilities and identities of teachers. Certain practices implemented for enhancing Inclusive Education like suitable Support and services to special needs pupils, well-deliberated Educational Programme, addressing them with disabilities in teacher preparations. The paper also suggests by providing the role of teacher education thereby enhances the development of teacher's skills, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs.

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